EPSTEIN, David <br/><br/>
Delegating powers :  a transaction cost politics approach to policy making under separate powers 

 - Cambridge :  Cambridge University,  1999 
 - 319 p. 
<br/><br/> 1. Paths of policy making  The politics of military base closings  Delegating powers: the puzzle  A transaction cost politics approach  Delegation and broad themes in american politics  Outline of the book  2. Choosing how to decide  Legislative organization  Delegation and overnight  Why delegate?  3. Transaction cost politics  Lessons from the theory of the firm  A theory of transaction cost politics  The political hold-up problem  4. The decision to delegate  The elements of policy making  Equilibrium actions and outcomes  Testable predictions  5. Data and postwar trends  Data sample   Delegation ratio  Constraints  Total discretion  Postwar trends in executive discretion  6. Delegation and congressional-executive relations  Divided government: the debate  Discretion and divided government  Roll calls over delegation  Vetoes and delegation  The structure of delegation: to whom do you delegate?  Testing for strategic delegation  Implications of divided government for public policy  7. Delegation and legislative organization  Perspectives on legislative organization  Committee outliers in a system of separate powers  Committees, parties, and delegation  Legislative procedures and executive discretion  8. Delegation and issue areas  Issues, delegation, and public laws  Issues areas and information  Delegation and distributive politics  9. Conclusion  The grand regression: integrating theories of american political institutions  Separation of powers in the United States 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0521669603 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Poder<br/>Delegação de Competência<br/>Desenvolvimento Político
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Estados Unidos