Special Interest Capture of Regulatory Agencies: A Ten-Year Analysis of Voting Behavior on Regional Fishery Management Councils

Policy Studies Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 447-464

  Thomas, Craig W ^a   Soule, A Bradley ^b   Davis, Tyler Blake ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b United States Coast Guard   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency capture; Marine fisheries policy; Natural resource management; Regional Fishery Management Councils; Regulatory policy

Indexed keywords

FISHERY MANAGEMENT; MARINE POLICY; NATURAL RESOURCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956504044     PISSN: 0190292X     EISSN: 15410072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0072.2010.00369.x     Document Type: Article

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