Bargaining power in the European union: An evaluation of competing game-theoretic models

Political Studies

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 85-103

  Schneider, Gerald ^a   Finke, Daniel ^b   Bailer, Stefanie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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EID: 74049137206     PISSN: 00323217     EISSN: 14679248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9248.2009.00774.x     Document Type: Article

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