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Delegating powers : a transaction cost politics approach to policy making under separate powers / David Epstein, Sharyn O'Halloran.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Epstein, David, 1964-
- Series:
- Political economy of institutions and decisions
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Delegation of powers.
- Delegation of powers--United States--Case studies.
- Transaction costs.
- United States--Politics and government.
- United States.
- Politics and government.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvi, 319 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- In this path-breaking book, David Epstein and Sharyn O'Halloran produce the first unified theory of policy making between the legislative and executive branches.
- Contents:
- Paths of policy making
- Choosing how to decide
- Transaction cost politics
- The decision to delegate
- Data and postwar trends
- Delegation and congressional-executive relations
- Delegation and legislative organization
- Delegation and issue areas
- Conclusion
- An afterword on comparative institutions.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-311) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Cambridge Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Lippincott Library Book Endowment Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780511609312
- 0511609310
- Publisher Number:
- 99986900540
- 9780521669603
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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