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Explaining Institutional Change in the European Union: What Determines the Voting Rule in the Council of Ministers?

Numerous studies have explored how the European Union's institutions shape political behavior and legislative outcomes in the EU. Far fewer examine in detail how individual institutional changes have come about. This paper presents a formal model that allows us to analyze under what conditions...

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Published in:European Union politics 2001-02, Vol.2 (1), p.5-30
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Equilibrium
Europe
European policy
European Union
Institutional change
Institutions
Legislation
Legislative Bodies
Organizational Change
Political behaviour
Political Change
Voting behaviour
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