caa a22 4500 38634082X CHVBK 20180307111750.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e198909 xx s 000 0 eng 10.2307/1962069 doi S0003055400086068 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.2307/1962069 Principal-Agent Models of Political Control of Bureaucracy [Elektronische Daten] In the March 1988 issue of this Review, B. Dan Wood invoked a principal-agent perspective to establish the importance of democratic hierarchies in shaping the outputs of public bureaucracies. He tested the model with air pollution enforcements of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) between 1977 and 1985. His results suggested some limitations on bureaucracies' responsiveness to elected political institutions, consistent with a principal-agent perspective with emphasis on the agent. Brian J. Cook challenges features of the design and empirical testing of Wood's hierarchical model. He questions the accuracy of Wood's characterization of the extent of EPA autonomy and power. Cook argues that a proper model requires recognition of the multiple principal nature of the U.S. system, and he advocates consideration of the normative foundations of principal-agent theory. Wood responds to both the substantive and methodological issues raised and suggests an eclectic approach in future research. Copyright © American Political Science Association 1989 Cook Brian J. Clark University Wood B. Dan Texas A&M University American Political Science Review Cambridge University Press 83/3(1989-09), 965-978 0003-0554 83:3<965 1989 83 PSR https://doi.org/10.2307/1962069 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.2307/1962069 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Cook Brian J. Clark University NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Wood B. Dan Texas A&M University NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- American Political Science Review Cambridge University Press 83/3(1989-09), 965-978 0003-0554 83:3<965 1989 83 PSR CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge