Voting on the choice of core languages in the European Union

European Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 56-62

  Fidrmuc, Jan ^a,b,c   Ginsburgh, Victor ^d   Weber, Shlomo ^b,e  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^e SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disenfranchisement; European Union; Languages; Linguistic standardization

Indexed keywords

EID: 61849122831     PISSN: 01762680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2008.07.002     Document Type: Article

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