Exchanging and voting in the council: Endogenizing the spatial model of legislative politics

Journal of European Public Policy

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 647-669

  König, Thomas ^a   Proksch, Sven Oliver ^a  

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Author keywords

Council; European Union; Exchange model; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745988947     PISSN: 13501763     EISSN: 14664429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501760600808394     Document Type: Article

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