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Some committees convene behind closed doors while others publicly discuss issues and make their decisions. This paper studies the role of open and closed committee decision making in presence of external influence. We show that restricting the information of interest groups may reduce the bias...
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revisions of legislation controlling lobbyists and their activities, in particular the US Lobbying Disclosure Act. Conclusions … briefing expresses a preference for mandatory registration regimes and full financial disclosure of all professional lobbying …
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"The study was commissioned by DG XIII of the European Commission in support of the reporting on Directive 95/47 on the use of standards for the transmission of television signals. Its objective is to provide market data and to monitor the development of digital TV in the 15 countries of the...
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The analytical approach taken here is innovative and original. While other studies have considered the EUu0092s periphery, such as Turkey and the Ukraine, in terms of European perceptions, as well as within the EU itself through the Eurobarometre, there is an absence of studies so distant from...
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This paper presents a positive theory of centralization of political decisions in an international union. My central claim is that lobbies play a role in determining the assignment of competencies to the union because their power of influence can increase or decrease under centralization. I show...
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The Centre for European Reform is a think-tank devoted to improving the quality of the debate on the European Union. It is a forum for people with ideas from Britain and across the continent to discuss the many political, economic and social challenges facing Europe. It seeks to work with...
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This working document provides a photography of the current state of affairs in EU lobbying, addressing questions such … analysis of recent academic work on lobbying and special interest representation. Moreover, the paper gives an overview of … current rules and practices concerning lobbying in the parliamentary institutions of the Member States, based on research. …
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