| Author(s): |
† prof. RNDr. Ing. František Turnovec CSc.,
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| Type: |
IES Working Papers |
| Year: |
2009 |
| Number: |
19 |
| ISSN / ISBN: |
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| Published in: |
IES Working Papers 19/2009 |
| Publishing place: |
Prague |
| Keywords: |
Co-decision procedure, committee system, consultation procedure, European Union decision making, federation, intergovernmental organization, qualified majority, power indices, simple voting committee |
| JEL codes: |
C71, D72, H77 |
| Suggested Citation: |
Turnovec, F. (2009). “ How much of Federalism in the European Union ” IES Working Paper 19/2009. IES FSV. Charles University. |
| Grants: |
GACR 402/09/1066: Political Economy of Voting Behavior: Rational Voter Theory and Models of Strategic Voting
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| Abstract: |
The European Union (EU) is not de jure a federation, but after 50 years of institutional evolution it possesses attributes of a federal state. One can conclude that EU is “something between” federation and intergovernmental organization. If we measure “something between” by interval [0, 1], where 0 means fully intergovernmental organization and 1 means de facto federation, the questions are: What is the location of recent EU on this interval? What tendency of development of this location can be observed in time? In this paper we propose such a measure based on game-theoretical model of European Union decision making system. |
| Downloadable: |
WP 2009_19_Turnovec.pdf
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