Discretion by the rules: European state aid policy and the 1999 procedural regulation

Journal of European Public Policy

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 954-970

  Zahariadis, Nikolaos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Delegation; Discretion; European commission; Principal agent models; Sociological institutionalism; State aid

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956834454     PISSN: 13501763     EISSN: 14664429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501763.2010.499224     Document Type: Article

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