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Is the Allocation of Voting Power among EU States Fair?

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 Laruelle, Annick
Widgren, Mika

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It has often been claimed that the current allocation of votes among EU states is not fair. In this paper, the authors verify this assertion by carrying out an evaluation of the distribution of power among the member states. The results show that the current distribution of votes for the qualified majority does not lead to a fair distribution of power whatever definition of the EU is considered. It can not be claimed, however, that the current voting process has a systematic bias in favor of certain states. The authors also present a simple method to derive voting weights which lead to a fair allocation of power. Copyright 1998 by Kluwer Academic Publishers

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Article provided by Springer in its journal Public Choice.

Volume (Year): 94 (1998)
Issue (Month): 3-4 (March)
Pages: 317-39
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  1. Widgrén, Mika, 1994. "The Relation Between Voting Power and Policy Impact in the European Union," CEPR Discussion Papers 1033, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  2. Hosli, Madeleine O, 1993. "Admission of European Free Trade Association States to the European Community: Effects on Voting Power in the European Community Council of Ministers," International Organization, MIT Press, vol. 47(4), pages 629-43, Autumn.
  3. Robert J. Weber, 1977. "Probabilistic Values for Games," Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers 471R, Cowles Foundation, Yale University. [Downloadable!]
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  4. Hosli, Madeleine O., 1993. "Admission of European Free Trade Association states to the European Community: effects on voting power in the European Community Council of Ministers," International Organization, Cambridge University Press, vol. 47(04), pages 629-643, September. [Downloadable!]
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