The purpose of this paper has been to develop a positive theory of international organization which can supplement the conventional normative theory used as a positive theory. The conventional approach draws much of its plausibility from the fact that it relies on the reasons given by the...

We propose an alternative to the Constitutional Treaty drafted by the European Convention. Our proposal effectively limits the domain of government at the Union level. It takes the incentives of the European public actors into account. We propose a second chamber of European Parliament composed...

Since 1972, the share of central government expenditure in total public expenditure has continued to increase in most industrial countries. In an international cross-section analysis, it has a significant positive effect on the share of government spending in GDP. The actors who have an interest...