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List of Figures and Tables | |
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Preface | |
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Paths of Policy Making | |
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The Politics of Military Base Closings | |
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Delegating Powers: The Puzzle | |
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A Transaction Cost Politics Approach | |
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Delegation and Broad Themes in American Politics | |
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Outline of the Book | |
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Choosing How to Decide | |
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Legislative Organization | |
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Delegation and Oversight | |
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Why Delegate? | |
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Transaction Cost Politics | |
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Lessons from the Theory of the Firm | |
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A Theory of Transaction Cost Politics | |
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The Political Hold-up Problem | |
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The Decision to Delegate | |
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The Elements of Policy Making | |
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Equilibrium Actions and Outcomes | |
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Testable Predictions | |
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Data and Postwar Trends | |
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Data Sample | |
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Delegation Ratio | |
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Constraints | |
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Total Discretion | |
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Postwar Trends in Executive Discretion | |
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Delegation and Congressional-Executive Relations | |
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Divided Government: The Debate | |
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Discretion and Divided Government | |
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Roll Calls over Delegation | |
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Vetoes and Delegation | |
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The Structure of Delegation: To Whom Do You Delegate? | |
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Testing for Strategic Delegation | |
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Implications of Divided Government for Public Policy | |
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Delegation and Legislative Organization | |
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Perspectives on Legislative Organization | |
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Committee Outliers in a System of Separate Powers | |
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Committees, Parties, and Delegation | |
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Legislative Procedures and Executive Discretion | |
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Summary | |
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Delegation and Issue Areas | |
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Introduction | |
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Issues, Delegation, and Public Laws | |
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Issue Areas and Information | |
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Delegation and Distributive Politics | |
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Summary | |
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Conclusion | |
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Summary of Results | |
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The Grand Regression: Integrating Theories of American Political Institutions | |
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Separation of Powers in the United States | |
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An Afterword on Comparative Institutions | |
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Presidential Systems | |
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Parliamentary Systems | |
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Comparative Policy-Making Structures | |
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Appendices | |
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Proofs from Formal Model in Chapter 4 | |
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Sample of Public Laws | |
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Sample Coding Sheet | |
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Coding Rules for Discretion | |
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Gridlock Interval and Other Measures of Interbranch Conflict, 1947-1992 | |
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Coding Rules for Roll-Call Votes | |
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Committee Hearings Data | |
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References | |
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Index | |