Do elections set the pace? A quantitative assessment of the timing of European legislation

Journal of European Public Policy

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 239-255

  Kovats, Laszlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agenda setting; Count data analysis; Economic theory of legislation; EU; Legislation cycle; Timing

Indexed keywords

EID: 61449233160     PISSN: 13501763     EISSN: 14664429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501760802589255     Document Type: Article

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