Caving in or sitting it out? Longitudinal patterns of non-compliance in the European Union

Journal of European Public Policy

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 454-471

  Börzel, Tanja A ^a   Hofmann, Tobias ^b   Panke, Diana ^c  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b The College of William and Mary   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Enforcement; European Commission; European Union member states; infringement proceedings; management; survival analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859603096     PISSN: 13501763     EISSN: 14664429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501763.2011.607338     Document Type: Article

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