Delegation without agency loss? the use of performance contracts in danish central government

Governance

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 263-293

  Binderkrantz, Anne SkorkjÆr ^a   Christensen, JØrgen GrØnnegaard ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

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EID: 70350148026     PISSN: 09521895     EISSN: 14680491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0491.2009.01435.x     Document Type: Article

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