Biased Ministers, Inefficiency, and Control in Distributive Policies: An Application to the EU Fisheries Policy

European Union Politics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 11-36

  Franchino, Fabio ^a   Rahming, Anne J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

control; Council formations; fisheries; inefficiency; policy preferences

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248059386     PISSN: 14651165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1465116503004001579     Document Type: Article

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