The inter-institutional distribution of power in EU codecision

Social Choice and Welfare

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 129-154

  Napel, Stefan ^a   Widgrén, Mika ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

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EID: 33847359912     PISSN: 01761714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00355-006-0113-3     Document Type: Article

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