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Christian Adam is an Assistant Professor at the Geschwister Scholl Institute of Political Science at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munchen. In his research he focuses mostly on issues that lie at the intersection of comparative public policy, judicial politics, and public administration. In this context, his main interests are analyses of the perceived legitimacy of political institutions and their decisions. His research has appeared with internationally renowned publishers and in a number of internationally renowned peer-reviewed journals, such as the Journal of Common Market Studies, The Policy Studies Journal, Policy Sciences, and Public Administration Review. Steffen Hurka is an Assistant Professor at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munchen. He earned his doctoral degree at the University of Konstanz in 2015. In his research, Hurka mainly focuses on comparative public policy and institutional aspects of European integration. In 2015, he co-edited the volume On the Road to Permissiveness? Change and Convergence of Moral Regulation in Europe (2015). His work has appeared in journals such as Policy Studies Journal, European Journal of Political Research, European Union Politics, the Journal of European Public Policy, the Journal of Common Market Studies, and West European Politics. Christoph Knill is Chair of Political Science and Public Administration at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munchen. His main research interests lie in the areas of comparative policy analysis and comparative public administration. His most important book publications include The Europeanisation of National Administrations: Patterns of Institutional Change and Persistence (Cambridge, 2001), Environmental Policy Convergence in Europe (Cambridge, 2008, with Katharina Holzinger and Bas Arts), and On the Road to Permissiveness?: Change and Convergence of Moral Regulation in Europe (2015 with Christian Adam and Steffen Hurka). Yves Steinebach is an Assistant Professor at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munchen. He earned his doctoral degree at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munchen in 2018. In his research, Yves Steinebach focuses on issues that lie at the intersection of comparative public policy and public administration. In this context, his main interests are analyses of the effectiveness of public policies and governing institutions. His research has appeared in a number of internationally renowned peer-reviewed journals such as the Journal of European Public Policy, Regulation & Governance, Policy Sciences, and Public Administration.