Regulatory Capture Involves Situations in Which

question 93

Multiple Choice

Regulatory capture involves situations in which:

• A) legislators take away bureaucratic discretion through more specific laws.
• B) bureaucrats make decisions without reference to interest groups, elected officials, or even their own policy views.
• C) a bureaucracy is responsive to the interests of the group or corporation that it is supposed to regulate.
• D) bureaucrats act independently of the influence of either legislators or the president.
• E) a political party staffs a bureaucracy entirely with its supporters.

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