• Medientyp: E-Artikel
  • Titel: The Political Control of Bureaucracies under Asymmetric Information
  • Beteiligte: Banks, Jeffrey S.; Weingast, Barry R.
  • Erschienen: University of Texas Press, 1992
  • Erschienen in: American Journal of Political Science
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • ISSN: 0092-5853; 1540-5907
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  • Beschreibung: <p>We analyze a model of interest group influence where this influence arises from a group's ability to provide relevant information to political actors about regulatory performance. The model rests on three premises: (1) bureaucrats possess an informational advantage, vis-a-vis their political overseers, concerning policy relevant variables; (2) this informational advantage is potentially exploitable by the agency; and (3) politicians anticipate this exploitation and adapt to it in their design of agencies. We show that a major consequence of this anticipation and adaptation is service to organized interest groups.</p>