The weighted voting rule in the EU's Council of Ministers, 1958-95: Intentions and outcomes

Electoral Studies

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 33-47

  Felsenthal, Dan S ^a   Machover, Moshé ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Banzhaf index; Council of ministers; EU; Qualified majority rule; Responsiveness; Square root rule; Voting power

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002550242     PISSN: 02613794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0261-3794(96)00055-8     Document Type: Article

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