A priori versus empirical voting power in the EU coucil of ministers

European Union Politics

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 73-97

  Pajala, Antti ^a   Widgrén, Mika ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b Elinkeinoelaman Tutkimuslaitos   (Finland)

Author keywords

Banzhaf index; EU Council; Power index; Voting; Voting power

Indexed keywords

EID: 3242742380     PISSN: 14651165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1465116504040446     Document Type: Article

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