Policy entrepreneurship in UK central government: The behavioural insights team and the use of randomized controlled trials

Public Policy and Administration

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 257-267

  John, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Central administration; decision making; evaluation; implementation; policymaking; public management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907500299     PISSN: 09520767     EISSN: 17494192     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0952076713509297     Document Type: Article

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