The European Union is a key actor in international economic governance. Through its foreign economic policies it plays a central role in the negotiation of international trade agreements, the global regulation of the financial services sector, and the provision of aid to developing countries. This book shows how principal-agent theory can be used to shed new light on this complex of policy areas. In particular, the contributions to this volume analyze delegation, control, and agent strategies in a variety of principal-agent relationships shaping the EU's foreign economic policies: mainly...
The European Union is a key actor in international economic governance. Through its foreign economic policies it plays a central role in the negotiati...
The European Union is a key actor in international economic governance. Through its foreign economic policies it plays a central role in the negotiation of international trade agreements, the global regulation of the financial services sector, and the provision of aid to developing countries. This book shows how principal-agent theory can be used to shed new light on this complex of policy areas. In particular, the contributions to this volume analyze delegation, control, and agent strategies in a variety of principal-agent relationships shaping the EU's foreign economic policies: mainly...
The European Union is a key actor in international economic governance. Through its foreign economic policies it plays a central role in the negotiati...
Like many other international organizations, the World Trade Organization stands at a crossroads. There is an obvious imbalance between the organization's dispute settlement arm and its negotiation platform. While its current rules, supported by a strong dispute settlement system, have provided some buffering against the negative effects of the financial crises, its negotiation machinery has not produced any substantial outcomes since the late 1990s. It has become obvious that the old way of doing business does not work any more and fresh ideas about governing the organization are needed....
Like many other international organizations, the World Trade Organization stands at a crossroads. There is an obvious imbalance between the organizati...
Countries across the globe are scrambling to sign preferential trade agreements. In this volume, leading political scientists, economists and international lawyers take stock of past and current research on these agreements in order to provide insights into their functions and effects and outline the future research agenda.
Countries across the globe are scrambling to sign preferential trade agreements. In this volume, leading political scientists, economists and internat...
