Luxembourg in the early days of the EEC: Null player or not?

Artikel

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.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Journal: Games ; ISSN: 2073-4336 ; Volume: 9 ; Year: 2018 ; Issue: 2 ; Pages: 1-12 ; Basel: MDPI

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Cooperative Games ; Analysis of Collective Decision-Making: General ; Economic History: Government, War, Law, International Relations, and Regulation: Europe: 1913-
• Subject: weighted voting ; simple games ; voting power ; null player ; dummy player

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Mayer, Alexander
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): MDPI
• (where): Basel
• (when): 2018

Further information

• DOI: doi:10.3390/g9020029
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/179189
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:46 AM CET