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A Transaction Cost Politics Approach to Policy Making Under Separate Powers

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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.

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'This is an important book, simultaneously an original argument and a synthesis of a quarter-century of work on legislative-executive relations. Using 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

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List of Figures and Tables	p. xii
Preface	p. xvii
Paths of Policy Making
The Politics of Military Base Closings	p. 1
Delegating Powers: The Puzzle	p. 4
A Transaction Cost Politics Approach	p. 7
Delegation and Broad Themes in American Politics	p. 9
Outline of the Book	p. 12
Choosing How to Decide
Legislative Organization	p. 14
Delegation and Oversight	p. 18
Why Delegate?	p. 29
Transaction Cost Politics
Lessons from the Theory of the Firm	p. 35
A Theory of Transaction Cost Politics	p. 43
The Political Hold-up Problem	p. 47
The Decision to Delegate
The Elements of Policy Making	p. 53
Equilibrium Actions and Outcomes	p. 59
Testable Predictions	p. 75
Data and Postwar Trends
Data Sample	p. 86
Delegation Ratio	p. 90
Constraints	p. 99
Total Discretion	p. 106
Postwar Trends in Executive Discretion	p. 112
Delegation and Congressional-Executive Relations
Divided Government: The Debate	p. 122
Discretion and Divided Government	p. 129
Roll Calls over Delegation	p. 139
Vetoes and Delegation	p. 150
The Structure of Delegation: To Whom Do You Delegate?	p. 151
Testing for Strategic Delegation	p. 154
Implications of Divided Government for Public Policy	p. 161
Delegation and Legislative Organization
Perspectives on Legislative Organization	p. 164
Committee Outliers in a System of Separate Powers	p. 168
Committees, Parties, and Delegation	p. 182
Legislative Procedures and Executive Discretion	p. 187
Summary	p. 194
Delegation and Issue Areas
Introduction	p. 196
Issues, Delegation, and Public Laws	p. 197
Issue Areas and Information	p. 206
Delegation and Distributive Politics	p. 216
Summary	p. 230
Conclusion
Summary of Results	p. 232
The Grand Regression: Integrating Theories of American Political Institutions	p. 233
Separation of Powers in the United States	p. 236
An Afterword on Comparative Institutions
Presidential Systems	p. 240
Parliamentary Systems	p. 242
Comparative Policy-Making Structures	p. 244
Appendices
Proofs from Formal Model in Chapter 4	p. 245
Sample of Public Laws	p. 257
Sample Coding Sheet	p. 267
Coding Rules for Discretion	p. 273
Gridlock Interval and Other Measures of Interbranch Conflict, 1947-1992	p. 285
Coding Rules for Roll-Call Votes	p. 289
Committee Hearings Data	p. 297
References	p. 301
Index	p. 313
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