Control of the Commission's Executive Functions: Uncertainty, Conflict and Decision Rules

European Union Politics

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 63-92

  Franchino, Fabio ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

agency theory; comitology; control; European Commission; implementation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84996167006     PISSN: 14651165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1465116500001001004     Document Type: Article

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