State interventions in markets assume varieties of forms in different economic systems. To capture this variety, we consider state capitalism as a multidimensional concept, first reviewing its historical evolution from both practical and scholarly vantages. We describe several dimensions of state capitalism and demonstrate how cross-national variations can be captured through positioning countries along these dimensions. We use cross-sectional data for a large sample of countries to derive factors that represent key dimensions of state capitalism. We demonstrate how cross-national and historical variation in state capitalism is captured by this Virtual Special Issue and offer suggestions for future research.

国家对市场的干预采取不同经济体系中各种形式的形式。为了捕捉这种多样性，我们认为国家资本主义是一个多维概念，首先从实践和学术上回顾其历史演变。我们描述了国家资本主义的几个方面，并展示了如何通过沿这些方面对国家进行定位来捕捉跨国差异。我们使用大量国家的横截面数据来得出代表国家资本主义关键维度的因素。我们将演示此虚拟特刊如何捕捉国家资本主义的跨国和历史差异，并为未来的研究提供建议。