Coalition agreement and party mandate: how coalition agreements constrain the ministers
In coalition government, the relationship between parties and ministers is one of double delegation: from the party to the minister and from the coalition of parties to the individual minister. On the basis of principal—agent theory, I argue that a coalition agreement is a tool used by coalition par...
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| Format: | article |
| Language: | eng |
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2014
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| Online Access: | https://ciencia.iscte-iul.pt/public/pub/id/2041 |
| Country: | Portugal |
| Oai: | oai:repositorio.iscte-iul.pt:10071/7001 |