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Voting power derives from the poll distribution: Shedding light on contentious issues of weighted votes and the constitutional treaty
Paterson, Iain - 2006
voting power gradient of Member States computed by the Shapley-Shubik and Banzhaf indices. Given the lack of compelling … Straffin (1977) focusing on the probability distribution of voting poll outcomes. We present a unifying model of power indices …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293717
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Endogenous Protection in General Equilibrium: estimating political weights in the EU
Francois, Joseph Francis; Nelson, Douglas; … - 2008
We examine the political economy underpinnings of import protection in general equilibrium. Starting from a dual theoretical representation of production, trade, and consumption, we map a general representation of the real economy to underlying political processes aka the political support...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294853
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Welfare Implications of the Design of a Currency Union in Case of Member Countries of Different Sizes and Output Persistence
Frey, Rainer - 2004
In the study, the relevance of several optimum-currency-area (OCA) criteria is formally worked out in a welfare approach. The optimum monetary-policy rules of the supranational central bank are derived within the Barro-Gordon framework, and consideration is given to how the welfare of the member...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010295642
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The Comitology Game: European Policymaking with Parliamentary Involvement
Steunenberg, Bernard; Schmidtchen, Dieter - 2000
delegates some of its policymaking power to the Commission as part of Union legislation. We show how the balance of power is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010296911
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Decision-Making of the ECB: Reform and Voting Power
Ullrich, Katrin - 2004
synchronisation of the economic development of the member states. In a second approach, voting power indices are assigned to the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297393
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Fairness and squareness: Fair decision making rules in the EU council?
Turnovec, František - 2009
square roots of population. Such a distribution should guarantee the same indirect voting power to each EU citizen, measured … by Penrose-Banzhaf index of voting power. In this paper we attempt to clarify this concept. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010322221
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European Parliament elections in times of crisis
Jacobs, Francis; Bertoncini, Yves; Kreilinger, Valentin; … - In: Intereconomics 49 (2014) 1, pp. 4-29
democratic legitimacy. This Forum examines the economic agendas of the main political parties vying for power and the potential …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010369114
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The impact of council's internal decision-making rules on the future EU
Widgrén, Mika - 2008
evaluated. Internal impact affects the distribution of power among the member states and external impact affects power relations …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264287
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The impact of council voting rules on EU decision-making
Widgrén, Mika - 2008
rules are examined. Internal impact affects the distribution of power among the member states and external impact affects … power relations between the main decision-making bodies in the EU. One of the main lessons of the analysis is that voting … distribution of power in the Council and inter-institutional power between the EU's decision-making bodies. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273006
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The different extent of privatisation proceeds in EU countries: A preliminary explanation using a public choice approach
Belke, Ansgar; Baumgärtner, Frank; Schneider, Friedrich G. - 2006
This paper empirically investigates the differences in the motives of raising privatisation proceeds for a panel of EU countries from 1990 to 2000. More specifically, we test whether privatisations can be mainly interpreted (a) as ingredients of a larger reform package of economic liberalisation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294505