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Legislative Bargaining and Lobbying in the European Union

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Hein Roelfsema ()

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This paper analyzes the effects of legislative bargaining in the EU on public goods provision and lobbying. We argue that delegation to a single policy maker at the centralized level -which we call supranational policy making- increases lobbying expenditures. When policy in the center is formulated by a committee consisting of national representatives -intergovernmental decision making- centralization causes lobbying expenditures fall, for centralization makes national policy makers more responsive to demands from domestic lobbies. In the extensions we consider the effects of enlargement on lobbying and analyze endogenous lobby formation.

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Paper provided by Utrecht School of Economics in its series Working Papers with number 04-16.

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Keywords: Centralization Fiscal Federalism Legislative Bargaining Lobbying the European Union

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D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Models of Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
D78 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Positive Analysis of Policy-Making and Implementation
F36 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - Financial Aspects of Economic Integration
H41 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - Public Goods

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