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100			_aRommel, Jan
245			_aExploring effects of coordination on the autonomy of regulators: Energy regulators in Belgium
260			_c2014
300			_ap.298-317.
362			_aJun
520			_aRegulatory administrations are increasingly fragmented. Regulation is produced by multi-actor multi-level constellations. Researchers have described how actors in such constellations coordinate with each other. This article explores how coordination affects the decision-making autonomy of agencies, using a case study of energy regulation in Belgium. It describes the extent of autonomy from the parent minister and explores how the regulator coordinates with other actors at multiple levels of government. The findings indicate that de facto discretion of regulators can be increased or reduced by other governmental actors besides the parent minister. This calls for the development of a 'relational perspective' on (regulatory) agency autonomy, which looks at relations with multiple actors, even when these actors have no direct principle-agent relationship with the agency. - Reproduced.
650			_aEnergy resources
700			_aVerhoest, Koen
773			_aInternational Review of Administrative Sciences
908			_aN
909			_a104501
999			_c104497 _d104497