The Principal Agent Model and the European Union
The Principal Agent Model and the European Union

Author: Tom Delreux

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2017-10-16

Total Pages: 315

ISBN-13: 331955137X

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This book assesses the use and limitations of the principal-agent model in a context of increasingly complex political systems such as the European Union. Whilst a number of conceptual, theoretical and methodological challenges need to be addressed, the authors show that the principal-agent model can still provide deeper insights into a wide range of political phenomena. Through an empirical analysis of multiple principal-agent relations in the EU, covering a variety of policy fields and political actors, the volume refines our theoretical understanding of the politics of delegation and discretion in the EU. It will appeal to scholars in interested in EU politics and policy, public administration and governance, and international organisations. The chapter ‘Multiple principals preferences, different types of oversight mechanisms, and agent’s discretion in trade negotiations’ is published open access under a CC BY 4.0 license via link.springer.com.

The EU in International Sports Governance
The EU in International Sports Governance

Author: A. Geeraert

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-04-12

Total Pages: 219

ISBN-13: 1137517786

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This book demonstrates that the European Union (EU) can curtail the autonomy of FIFA and UEFA by building upon insights from the principal-agent model. The author argues that EU institutional features complicate control, but do not render the EU powerless, and that FIFA and UEFA can deploy a variety of strategies to mitigate control.

The European Union's Foreign Economic Policies
The European Union's Foreign Economic Policies

Author: Andreas Dür

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-01-02

Total Pages: 181

ISBN-13: 1317985044

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The European Union is a key actor in international economic governance. Through its foreign economic policies it plays a central role in the negotiation of international trade agreements, the global regulation of the financial services sector, and the provision of aid to developing countries. This book shows how principal-agent theory can be used to shed new light on this complex of policy areas. In particular, the contributions to this volume analyze delegation, control, and agent strategies in a variety of principal-agent relationships shaping the EU’s foreign economic policies: mainly those involving interest groups and governments; governments and the European Commission; and the European Union and international organizations. The chapters, written by leading experts in the field, offer empirically-rich studies of various areas of the EU’s external economic relations including trade, financial regulation, accounting standards and global regulation through the G7/G8. The book is aimed at researchers and advanced students interested in the EU, international economic relations, and principal-agent theory. This book was published as a special issue of the Journal of European Public Policy.

Applications of Principal-agent Theory to Agricultural Land Use Policy
Applications of Principal-agent Theory to Agricultural Land Use Policy

Author: Robert W. Fraser

Publisher:

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 203

ISBN-13: 9781783266753

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This book is a collection of the author's published research which analyses and evaluates the EU's agricultural land use policy. This policy has evolved over the last two decades from voluntary set-aside to "compliance" set-aside to environmental stewardship, and this research is based on using the principal-agent methodology as a consistent framework of economic analysis. In addition, the book contains an introduction to the principal-agent methodology and to the historical development of agricultural land use policy in the CAP (Common Agricultural Policy). There are also literature-based introductions to each major part of the book (Parts A and B), as well as some reflections and forward-looking comments on policy design lessons from this research, which will be of use to students, academics and policymakers.

The Engines of European Integration
The Engines of European Integration

Author: Mark A. Pollack

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 511

ISBN-13: 0199251185

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This study of delegation and agency in the European Union, examines the role of supranational actors like the Commission, the Court of Justice, and the European Parliament in the process of European integration and in contemporary EU governance.

Frontex. A principal-agent perspective
Frontex. A principal-agent perspective

Author: Fabrizio Colimberti

Publisher: GRIN Verlag

Published: 2019-03-20

Total Pages: 62

ISBN-13: 3668903026

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Thesis (M.A.) from the year 2008 in the subject Business economics - Business Management, Corporate Governance, grade: 67, University College London (School of Public Policy), language: English, abstract: The purpose of this research focuses on one of the latest and most significant development of Justice, Freedom and Security policies of the EU: the creation of FRONTEX, the Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union, established in 2004 and operational since 2005. In particular, this paper will utilise a principal-agent perspective in an attempt to explain why Frontex has been established, what roles the various institutions played in the process of, and the context behind, its creation. The paper argues that Member States established an agency borne out of the need to enhance the Area of Justice, Freedom and Security in the context of the Schengen agreements. Consequently, the paper highlights the deficiencies of the structure, especially regarding its independence from its principals, and its current funding regulation limits, that result in a wide range of tasks and a high dependence from the resources of Member States. However, even if primarily only used in the context of counter-illegal immigration operations, the paper highlights how the agency has been growing steadily in power and resources, and represents a first fundamental step towards an effective communitarisation of border management that could lead, in the long term, to the establishment of a European Border Police.

Delegation and Agency in International Organizations
Delegation and Agency in International Organizations

Author: Darren G. Hawkins

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2006-09-14

Total Pages: 425

ISBN-13: 1139458817

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Why do states delegate certain tasks and responsibilities to international organizations rather than acting unilaterally or cooperating directly? Furthermore, to what extent do states continue to control IOs once authority has been delegated? Examining a variety of different institutions including the World Trade Organization, the United Nations and the European Commission, this book explores the different methods that states employ to ensure their interests are being served, and identifies the problems involved with monitoring and managing IOs. The contributors suggest that it is not inherently more difficult to design effective delegation mechanisms at international level than at domestic level and, drawing on principal-agent theory, help explain the variations that exist in the extent to which states are willing to delegate to IOs. They argue that IOs are neither all evil nor all virtuous, but are better understood as bureaucracies that can be controlled to varying degrees by their political masters.

Experimentalist Governance in the European Union
Experimentalist Governance in the European Union

Author: Charles F. Sabel

Publisher: Oxford University Press on Demand

Published: 2010-02-25

Total Pages: 385

ISBN-13: 0199572496

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This book brings together a distinguished interdisciplinary group of European and American scholars to analyze the core theoretical features of the EU's new experimentalist governance architecture and explore its empirical development across a series of key policy domains.

At the Heart of the Union
At the Heart of the Union

Author: Neill Nugent

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-07-27

Total Pages: 341

ISBN-13: 1349257915

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The European Commission is very much at the heart of the European Union. Its wide variety of roles make it the institution most readily identified with the Union's many different activities. Surprisingly, relatively little has been written about this vital European institution. This book makes a major contribution to furthering understanding of the Commission. A broad range of different perspectives based on new research cover all aspects of its nature and functioning.