Agency policy making and political control: Modeling away the delegation problem

Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 199-219

  Spence, David B ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0010090849     PISSN: 10531858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jpart.a024346     Document Type: Article

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