Anthony M. Bertelli

Pennsylvania State University

Sherwin-Whitmore Chair of Liberal Arts

University Park, PA 16802-3306

United States

http://tonybertelli.com

Institut Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionals - IBEI

Ramon Trias Fargas 25-27

Barcelona, Barcelona 08005

Spain

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1.

Motivation Crowding and the Federal Civil Servant: Evidence from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service

International Public Management Journal, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 16 Nov 2005
Anthony M. Bertelli
Pennsylvania State University
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motivation crowding, pay-for-performance, public management

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The Role of Political Ideology in the Structural Design of New Governance Agencies

Public Administration Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 11 Nov 2005
Anthony M. Bertelli
Pennsylvania State University
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public management, arms-length governance

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The Behavioral Impact of Drinking and Driving Laws

Policy Studies Journal, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 04 Apr 2008 Last Revised: 12 Jun 2008
Anthony M. Bertelli and Lilliard Richardson
Pennsylvania State University and Penn State School of Public Policy
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crime policy, deterrence theories, criminal propensity, drinking and driving

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Performance Measurement as a Political Discipline Mechanism

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Performance Measurement as a Political Discipline Mechanism

USC CLEO Research Paper No. C10-5, USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 10-5
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 25 Mar 2010 Last Revised: 12 Nov 2013
Anthony M. Bertelli, Peter John and Peter John
Pennsylvania State University and University College London - School of Public PolicyDepartment of Political Economy, KCL
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Performance Measures, Distributive Politics, Bureaucratic Control, Public Administration and Management

Performance Measurement as a Political Discipline Mechanism

APSA 2010 Annual Meeting Paper
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 19 Jul 2010 Last Revised: 12 Sep 2010
Anthony M. Bertelli, Peter John and Peter John
Pennsylvania State University and University College London - School of Public PolicyDepartment of Political Economy, KCL
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Performance Distributive Politics

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Secretaries of Pork? A New Theory of Distributive Public Policy

Journal of Politics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 14 Sep 2008 Last Revised: 30 Nov 2008
Anthony M. Bertelli and Christian R. Grose
Pennsylvania State University and University of Southern California
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Pork-barrel politics, Ideal Point Estimation, Public Policy, Congress, Executive Politics, Presidency

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Legislative Debate, Policy Entrepreneurship, and the Political Economy of U.S. Think Tanks

British Journal of Political Science 39(2):225-242 (April 2009)
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 23 May 2007 Last Revised: 18 Oct 2013
Anthony M. Bertelli and Jeffrey B. Wenger
Pennsylvania State University and RAND Corporation
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interest groups, think tanks, congress, committee, debate, research-based information, policy advocacy

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Understanding Delegation through Machine Learning: A Method and Application to the European Union

Forthcoming, American Political Science Review
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 25 Jul 2018 Last Revised: 29 Jul 2019
Jason Anastasopoulos and Anthony M. Bertelli
Princeton University and Pennsylvania State University
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Delegation, Text Analysis, Machine Learning, European Union, Gridlock

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The Electoral System, the Party System and Accountability in Parliamentary Government

Forthcoming, American Political Science Review
Number of pages: 78 Posted: 02 Apr 2020
Christopher Kam, Anthony M. Bertelli and Alexander Held
University of British Columbia (UBC) - Department of Political Science, Pennsylvania State University and Trinity College Dublin
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accountability, political parties, elections, parliamentary democracy, representative government

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The Lengthened Shadow of Another Institution? Ideal Point Estimates for the Executive Branch and Congress

American Journal of Political Science, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 25 Apr 2011
Anthony M. Bertelli and Christian R. Grose
Pennsylvania State University and University of Southern California
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ideal point estimates, president, cabinet, executive branch, administrative agency, congress, separation-of-powers, spatial model

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Structural Reform Litigation: Remedial Bargaining and Bureaucratic Drift

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Structural Reform Litigation: Remedial Bargaining and Bureaucratic Drift

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 07 Nov 2005
Anthony M. Bertelli and Sven E. Feldmann
Pennsylvania State University and Melbourne Business School
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public law litigation, agency, bureaucratic drift, bargaining, enforcement

Structural Reform Litigation: Remedial Bargaining and Bureaucratic Drift

Journal of Theoretical Politics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 11 Nov 2005
Anthony M. Bertelli and Sven E. Feldmann
Pennsylvania State University and Melbourne Business School
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public law litigation, agency, bureaucratic drift, bargaining, enforcement

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Public Policy Investment: Risk and Return in British Politics

Forthcoming, British Journal of Political Science
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 01 Aug 2011 Last Revised: 06 Jun 2012
Anthony M. Bertelli, Peter John and Peter John
Pennsylvania State University and University College London - School of Public PolicyDepartment of Political Economy, KCL
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policy attention, policy priorities, political risk, public opinion, asset pricing

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Governing the Quango: An Auditing and Cheating Model of Quasi-Governmental Public Authorities

Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 07 Nov 2005
Anthony M. Bertelli
Pennsylvania State University
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public management, arms-length governance

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Determinants of Bureaucratic Turnover Intention: Evidence from the Department of the Treasury

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Determinants of Bureaucratic Turnover Intention: Evidence from the Department of the Treasury

Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 13 Jul 2006
Anthony M. Bertelli
Pennsylvania State University
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turnover intention, item response theory, bureaucratic behavior, job involvement, intrinsic motivation

Determinants of Bureaucratic Turnover Intention: Evidence from the Department of the Treasury

Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Vol. 17, Issue 2, pp. 235-258, 2007
Posted: 17 Jul 2008
Anthony M. Bertelli
Pennsylvania State University

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Credible Governance? Transparency, Political Control, the Personal Vote, and British Quangos

Political Studies, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 16 May 2007
Anthony M. Bertelli
Pennsylvania State University
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independent agencies, credible commitments, agency, governance, british politics, political control

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Government Checking Government: How Performance Measures Expand Distributive Politics

CELS 2009 4th Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies Paper
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 02 Aug 2009
Anthony M. Bertelli, Peter John and Peter John
Pennsylvania State University and University College London - School of Public PolicyDepartment of Political Economy, KCL
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Performance Measurement, Distributive Politics, Independent Agencies, British Politics

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The Political Cost of Public-Private Partnerships: Theory and Evidence from Colombian Infrastructure Development

Forthcoming, Governance
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 30 Jul 2019
Camila Angulo Amaya, Anthony M. Bertelli and Eleanor F. Woodhouse
University of Wisconsin - Madison - Department of Political Science, Pennsylvania State University and European University Institute - Economics Department (ECO)
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public-private partnerships, political behavior, distributive politics, sociotropic voting, Colombia, public administration

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Comparative Administrative Law and Public Administration

Oxford Handbook of Comparative Administrative Law, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 22 Nov 2019
Anthony M. Bertelli and Fiona Cece
Pennsylvania State University and Bocconi University - DONDENA - Carlo F. Dondena Centre for Research on Social Dynamics
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administrative law, public administration, particularism, universalism

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Public Goods, Private Partnerships, and Political Institutions

Forthcoming, Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 21 Jun 2018
Anthony M. Bertelli
Pennsylvania State University
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public-private partnership, governance, infrastructure, development

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Delegating to the Quango: Ex Ante and Ex Post Ministerial Constraints

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 09 Nov 2005
Anthony M. Bertelli
Pennsylvania State University
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delegation, quasigovernment, special purpose body, agency

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Democratic Accountability and the Politics of Mass Administrative Reorganization

Forthcoming, British Journal of Political Science , NYU Wagner Research Paper No. 2714118
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 13 Jan 2016
Anthony M. Bertelli and John Sinclair
Pennsylvania State University and New York University (NYU) - Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
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Accountability, Termination, Agency, Reorganization, Termination, British Politics, Public Administration

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Strategic Appointments

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Strategic Appointments

Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 18 Apr 2006
Anthony M. Bertelli and Sven E. Feldmann
Pennsylvania State University and Melbourne Business School
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administrative appointments, ally principle, agency, bargaining

Strategic Appointments

Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Vol. 17, Issue 1, pp. 19-38, 2007
Posted: 17 Jul 2008
Anthony M. Bertelli and Sven E. Feldmann
Pennsylvania State University and Melbourne Business School

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When New Public Management Fails: Infrastructure Public-Private Partnerships and Political Constraints in Developing and Transitional Economies

Forthcoming, Governance
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 26 Jun 2019
Anthony M. Bertelli, Valentina Mele and Andrew B. Whitford
Pennsylvania State University, Bocconi University - Department of Policy Analysis and Public Management and University of Georgia - Department of Public Administration and Policy
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public-private partnerships, infrastructure, veto players, development, political institutions

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Measuring Agency Attributes with Attitudes Across Time: A Method and Examples Using Large-Scale Federal Surveys

Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Forthcoming, USC CLEO Research Paper No. C13-12, USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 13-13
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 16 May 2013 Last Revised: 12 Nov 2013
Anthony M. Bertelli, Dyana Mason, Jennifer Connolly and David Gastwirth
Pennsylvania State University, University of Southern California - Price School of Public Policy, University of Southern California - Price School of Public Policy and University of Southern California - Price School of Public Policy
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measurement, item response theory, administrative surveys, public administration

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Who are the Policy Workers and What Are They Doing? Citizen's Heuristics and Democratic Accountability in Complex Governance

Public Performance Management Review, Forthcoming, NYU Wagner Research Paper No. 2703639
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 15 Dec 2015
Anthony M. Bertelli
Pennsylvania State University
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Accountability, Governance, Heuristics, Democracy, Collaboration, Managerialism, Participation, Deliberation

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Delegation and Devolution After Brexit: A Revised Theory of Intergovernmental Policymaking

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 20 Nov 2019
Anthony M. Bertelli, Giulia Leila Travaglini and Nicola Palma
Pennsylvania State University, Bocconi University and University of Bologna - Department of Political and Social Sciences
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Delegation, Devolution, Brexit, Public Administration, Public Policy, European Union, Intergovernmental Relations

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Measuring the Propensity to Drink and Drive

Evaluation Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 13 Jan 2007
Anthony M. Bertelli and Lilliard Richardson
Pennsylvania State University and Penn State School of Public Policy
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Drinking and driving, measurement, law enforcement, traffic safety, public policy

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Media Attention and the Demise of Agency Independence: Evidence from a Mass Administrative Reorganization in Britain

Public Administration, Forthcoming, NYU Wagner Research Paper No. 2607087
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 18 May 2015
Anthony M. Bertelli, John Sinclair and Haram Lee
Pennsylvania State University, New York University (NYU) - Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service and University of Southern California - Price School of Public Policy
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administrative reorganization, media attention, agency termination

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Ideological Extremism, Branding, and Electoral Design: Multimember versus Single-Member Districts

Public Choice, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 11 Jun 2008
Anthony M. Bertelli and Lilliard Richardson
Pennsylvania State University and Penn State School of Public Policy
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electoral systems, roll-call voting, ideology, extremism, quantile regression

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Delegation, Collaborative Governance, and Non-Distributive Policy: The Curious Case of Joint Partnerships in American Federalism

Journal of Politics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 16 Oct 2018
Anthony M. Bertelli, Pamela Clouser McCann and Giulia Leila Travaglini
Pennsylvania State University, University of Southern California and Bocconi University
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Delegation, Federalism, Collaborative Governance

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Bureaucratic Autonomy in the U.S. Separation of Powers: Evidence from Cabinet Departments

Public Organization Review, March 2016, Volume 16, Issue 1, pp 139–151
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 08 Aug 2017
Anthony M. Bertelli
Pennsylvania State University
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bureaucratic discretion, delegation, presidential appointments

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Mass Administrative Reorganization, Media Attention, and the Paradox of Information

Public Administration Review, Forthcoming, NYU Wagner Research Paper No. 2607110
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 18 May 2015
Anthony M. Bertelli and John Sinclair
Pennsylvania State University and New York University (NYU) - Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
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administrative reorganization, agency termination, accountability, media attention

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Small Changes, Big Results: Legislative Voting Behavior in the Presence of New Voters

Electoral Studies, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 12 Jan 2011
Anthony M. Bertelli and Jamie L. Carson
Pennsylvania State University and University of Georgia
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Redistricting, Legislative Voting, Roll Call Voting

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Setting the Regulatory Agenda: Statutory Deadlines, Delay and Responsiveness

Forthcoming, Public Administration Review
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 06 May 2019 Last Revised: 21 Jun 2019
Anthony M. Bertelli and Kathleen Doherty
Pennsylvania State University and University of Southern California
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statutory deadlines, regulation, compliance, regulatory timing

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The Demand and Supply of Parliamentary Policy Advocacy: Evidence from UK Health Policy, 1997-2005

Government and Opposition, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 02 Dec 2008
Anthony M. Bertelli and Rachel Dolan
Pennsylvania State University and Georgetown University - Public Policy Institute (GPPI)
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health policy and politics, constituency service, personal vote, legislative politics

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Decentralizing Pork: Congressional Roll-Call Voting, Decentralized Administration, and Distributive Politics

Forthcoming, Legislative Studies Quarterly
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 06 Jul 2017 Last Revised: 10 Apr 2020
Anthony M. Bertelli and Pamela Clouser McCann
Pennsylvania State University and University of Southern California
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Distributive Politics, Roll-Call Voting, Congress, Pork Barrel, Federalism, Delegation, Public Administration, Intergovernmental Relations, Grants, Grant-in-aid

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Relational Contracting and Network Management

Forthcoming, Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 08 Aug 2017
Anthony M. Bertelli and Craig R. Smith
Pennsylvania State University and University of Arizona
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Relational Contracting, Public Administration, Governance, Public-Private Partnership

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Accountability in Representative Government

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 18 Jun 2023
Anthony M. Bertelli
Pennsylvania State University
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accountability, elections, representation

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Policy Influence, Agency-Specific Expertise, and Exit in the Federal Service

Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Volume 23, Issue 2, 1 April 2013, Pages 223–245
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 08 Aug 2017
Anthony M. Bertelli and David E. Lewis
Pennsylvania State University and Vanderbilt University - Department of Political Science
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bureaucratic politics, turnover intention, administrative agencies, separation of powers, public administration

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Corruption, Democracy and Privately Financed Infrastructure

Forthcoming in Administration & Society
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 15 Jul 2020 Last Revised: 16 Jul 2020
Anthony M. Bertelli, Valentina Mele and Eleanor F. Woodhouse
Pennsylvania State University, Bocconi University - Department of Policy Analysis and Public Management and European University Institute - Economics Department (ECO)
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Corruption; Infrastructure; Political Institutions

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Law and Co-production: The Importance of Citizenship Values

Palgrave Handbook of Co-Production, Forthcoming
Posted: 22 Nov 2019
Anthony M. Bertelli and Silvia Cannas
Pennsylvania State University and Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, Milan, Italy

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co-production, law, common law, civil law, public administration, public service delivery

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Perceiving Credible Commitments: How Independent Regulators Shape Elite Perceptions of Regulatory Quality

British Journal of Political Science. 39(3):517-537.
Posted: 04 Sep 2005 Last Revised: 20 Jan 2015
Anthony M. Bertelli and Andrew B. Whitford
Pennsylvania State University and University of Georgia - Department of Public Administration and Policy

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Regulatory quality, regulatory independence, political economy