In the past decade, political science has witnessed a substantial amount of research using
formal models to explicate the rationale for and effects of myriad aspects of bureaucratic …

The study of the politics of regulation has followed two distinct paths in recent years.“New
institutionalism” research has focused primarily on the policy-making process, particularly …

The laws that legislatures adopt provide a crucial opportunity for elected politicians to define
public policy. But the ways politicians use laws to shape policy vary considerably across …

Who determines the fuel standards for our cars? What about whether Plan B, the morning-
after pill, is sold at the local pharmacy? Many people assume such important and …

The scientific study of networks-computer, social, and biological-has received an enormous
amount of interest in recent years. However, the network approach has been applied to the …

Who Leads Whom? is an ambitious study that addresses some of the most important
questions in contemporary American politics: Do presidents pander to public opinion by …

How does the EU resolve controversy when making laws that affect citizens? How has the
EU been affected by the recent enlargements that brought its membership to a diverse group …

We analyze a model of delegation and policymaking in polities where bureaucratic capacity
is low. Our analysis suggests that low bureaucratic capacity diminishes incentives for …

This Article presents an empirical study analyzing certain aspects of the notice and comment
process in three recent regulatory proceedings involving nuclear energy licensing, public …

We propose a political transaction cost theory of the politics of administrative design and
then evaluate the theory using data on the initial design attributes of 141 federal …