Participation and political competition in committee report allocation: Under what conditions do MEPs represent their constituents?

European Union Politics

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 505-530

  Hausemer, Pierre ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

European parliament; Legislative behaviour; Party competition; Report allocation; Representation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750706922     PISSN: 14651165     EISSN: 17412757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1465116506069441     Document Type: Article

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