Effects of enlargement on efficiency and coalition formation in the council of the European Union

Institutional Challenges in the European Union

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 65-88

  Hosli, Madeleine O ^a   van Deemen, Adrian M A ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84917302821     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203164952     Document Type: Chapter

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