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Epstein and O'Halloran. 1994. Administrative procedures, information, and agency discretion. AJPS 38:697-722.
Much of the game theory here was beyond me, but here's the general gist.
MAIN IDEA
"As [Congress's ex post] agenda control increases and problems of asymmetric information decline [i.e. Congress has better technical information], Congress will delegate a minimum level of ex ante discretionary authority to an agency, regardless of differences in policy preferences" (715).
In other words:
CONCERNS
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Comparative Politics • Principal-Agent • Uncertainty • Information
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