Principal-agent analysis and the study of the EU: What about the EC's external relations?

Comparative European Politics

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 435-454

  Billiet, Stijn ^a  

^a NONE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Common commercial policy; Principal agent model; WTO

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449376960     PISSN: 14724790     EISSN: 1740388X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/cep.2008.45     Document Type: Article

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