Interest organizations across economic sectors: explaining interest group density in the European Union

Journal of European Public Policy

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 462-480

  Berkhout, Joost ^a   Carroll, Brendan J ^b   Braun, Caelesta ^c   Chalmers, Adam W ^b   Destrooper, Tine ^d   Lowery, David ^e   Otjes, Simon ^f   Rasmussen, Anne ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^e PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Business interest representation; European Union; interest groups; lobbying

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924250627     PISSN: 13501763     EISSN: 14664429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501763.2015.1008549     Document Type: Article

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