@inbook{c58fbc774f254eb0849fd77dc5ae695a,
title = "Introduction. Use and Limitations of the Principal-Agent model in Studying the European Union",
abstract = "Given the omnipresence of delegation and control in the EU, the principal–agent model has become a popular analytical framework to study the design and effects of delegation and control. Yet, with the ascendance of governance as a mode of decision-making, the contemporary relevance of the principal–agent model became contested. We argue that the model still retains its relevance to study contemporary EU politics, but it requires researchers to follow a two-step approach. First, the hierarchical, dyadic relationship under study has to be clearly defined amidst a complex web of relations. Second, the conditions that have led to the observed pattern of delegation and/or the consequences of this pattern on the distribution of power between the principals and the agent can be inquired.",
author = "Tom Delreux and J. Adriaensen",
year = "2017",
month = nov,
day = "15",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-319-55137-1_1",
language = "English",
isbn = "9783319551364",
pages = "1--34",
editor = "Tom Delreux and Johan Adriaensen",
booktitle = "The Principal-Agent model and the European Union",
publisher = "Palgrave Macmillan",
address = "United States",
}