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| Title: | | The inter-institutional distribution of power in EU codecision  |
| Authors: | | Napel, Stefan Widgrén, Mika |
| Issue Date: | | 2004 |
| Series/Report no.: | | ETLA Discussion Papers, The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy (ETLA) 944 |
| Abstract: | | This paper analyzes the a priori influence of the European Parliament (EP) and the Council of Ministers (CM) on legislation of the European Union adopted under its codecision procedure. In contrast to studies which use conventional power indices, both institutions are assumed to act strategically. Predicted bargaining outcomes of the crucial Conciliation stage of codecision are shown to be strongly biased towards the legislative status quo. Making symmetric preference assumptions for members of CM and EP, CM is on average much more conservative because of its internal qualified majority rule. This makes CM by an order of magnitude more influential than EP, in contrast to a seeming formal parity between the two ‘co-legislators’. |
| Subjects: | | Power measurement European Union codecision procedure bargaining spatial voting decision procedures |
| JEL: | | C70 C78 D70 D72 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | ETLA Discussion Papers, Research Institute of the Finnish Economy
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