Delegating Powers by David Epstein

Delegating Powers by David Epstein

David Epstein and Sharyn O'Halloran produce the first unified theory of policy making between the legislative and executive branches. Examining major US policy initiatives from 1947 to 1992, the authors describe the conditions under which the legislature narrowly constrains executive discretion, and when it delegates authority to the bureaucracy. In doing so, the authors synthesize diverse and competitive literatures, from transaction cost and principal-agent theory in economics, to information models developed in both economics and political science, to substantive and theoretical work on legislative organization and on bureaucratic discretion. Professors Epstein and O'Halloran produce their own deductive specification of the conditions for making or delegating policy, gather a rich, original data set on delegation and discretion in the postwar era to test the propositions derived from their model, and devise appropriate statistical tests to assess the validity of their propositions. With implications for the study of constitutional design, political delegation, legislative organization, administrative law, and the role of the executive in policy making, this book redefines the study of legislative-executive relations under separate powers.

'This is an important book, simultaneously an original argument and a synthesis of a quarter-century of work on legislative-executive relationsUsing a variety of tools, ranging from juicy examples and toy models to systematic empirical analysis and formal theory, Epstein and O'Halloran have crafted a persuasive approach to the analysis of policy making in separation-of-powers regimes. It will surely influence the next generation of work.' Kenneth A. Shepsle, Harvard University
'The creativity and care with which the data in this book were collected and analyzed sets a standard for empirical political science research. Epstein and O'Halloran's combination of theory and data yields an interesting and compelling case for their interpretation of delegation. This work is state of the art political science.' David Brady, Stanford University

O'Halloran, Sharyn: - Sharyn O'Halloran is the George Blumenthal Professor of Political Economics and Professor of International and Public Affairs and the Senior Vice Dean and Chief Academic Officer for the School of Professional Studies. She is the author of Politics, Process and American Trade Policy (1994, University of Michigan Press), author of Delegating Powers (1996, Cambridge University Press) and the coauthor of The Future of the Voting Rights Act (2006, Russell Sage Foundation).

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ISBN 13	9780521660204
ISBN 10	0521660203
Title	Delegating Powers
Author	David Epstein
Series	Political Economy Of Institutions And Decisions
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Year published	1999-11-13
Number of pages	336
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