Luxembourg in the Early Days of the EEC: Null Player or Not?
Voters whose yes-or-no decision never makes a difference to the outcome in a simple voting game are known as “null players”. Luxembourg’s role in the Council of Ministers during the first period of the European Economic Community (EEC) is often cited as a real-world case. The paper contrasts the textbook claim that Luxembourg was a null player with a more comprehensive picture of Luxembourg’s role in EEC’s voting system. The assessment of Luxembourg’s voting power is sensitive to the role played by the European Commission in the decision-making procedure and the measurement concepts underlying... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Text |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2018 |
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Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
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Schlagwörter: | weighted voting / simple games / voting power / null player / dummy player |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26741305 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://doi.org/10.3390/g9020029 |
Voters whose yes-or-no decision never makes a difference to the outcome in a simple voting game are known as “null players”. Luxembourg’s role in the Council of Ministers during the first period of the European Economic Community (EEC) is often cited as a real-world case. The paper contrasts the textbook claim that Luxembourg was a null player with a more comprehensive picture of Luxembourg’s role in EEC’s voting system. The assessment of Luxembourg’s voting power is sensitive to the role played by the European Commission in the decision-making procedure and the measurement concepts underlying power evaluations.