Data di Pubblicazione:
2002
Citazione:
Efficiency or Credibility? Testing the Two Logics of Delegation to the European Commission / F. Franchino. - In: JOURNAL OF EUROPEAN PUBLIC POLICY. - ISSN 1350-1763. - 9:5(2002), pp. 1-18.
Abstract:
This article critically elaborates Majone’s argument that there are two logics underlying the delegation of powers to the European Commission: the logic of efficiency and the logic of credibility. It analyses 601 provisions of secondary legislation and suggests a method to distinguish the two rationales. It then correlates executive powers with statutory constraints. A surprising result is that these constraints are more associated, in general, with credibility-based than with efficiency-based delegation, however statutory constraints that facilitate control by national state actors are more likely to be associated with efficiency-based delegation. The article concludes emphasising that different strategies of control are related to different underlying motivations to delegate.
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
Bureaucratic autonomy ; credibility ; delegation ; efficiency ; European Commission ; statutory constraints
Elenco autori:
F. Franchino
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