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How Agents Weaken their Principals’ Incentives to Control: The Case of EU Negotiators and EU Member States in Multilateral Negotiations

Tom Delreux University of Leuven, Institute for International and European Policy, Leuven, BelgiumCorrespondence[email protected]
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Bart Kerremans University of Leuven, Institute for International and European Policy, Leuven, BelgiumCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 357-374 | Published online: 12 Jul 2010

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