Do membership benefits buy regulatory compliance? An empirical analysis of EU directives 1978-99

European Union Politics

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 180-206

  Perkins, Richard ^a   Neumayer, Eric ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compliance; European Integration; Implementation; Membership benefits

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248663762     PISSN: 14651165     EISSN: 17412757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1465116507076429     Document Type: Article

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