Fertő, Imre, Kóczy, László Áron, Kovács, Attila and Sziklai, Balázs (2020) The power ranking of the members of the Agricultural Committee of the European Parliament. European Review of Agricultural Economics, 47 (5). pp. 1897-1919. DOI http://doi.org/10.1093/erae/jbaa011
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Official URL: http://doi.org/10.1093/erae/jbaa011
Abstract
We aim to identify the most influential members of the Agricultural Committee of the European Parliament (COMAGRI). Unlike previous studies that were based on case studies or interviews with stakeholders, we analyse the voting power of MEPs using a spatial Banzhaf power index. We identify critical members: members whose votes are necessary to form winning coalitions. We found that rapporteurs, EP group coordinators and MEPs from countries with high relative Committee representations, such as Ireland, Poland or Romania are powerful actors. Italy emerges as the most influential member state, while France seems surprisingly weak.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | European Parliament, Common Agricultural Policy, voting games, Banzhaf index, voting game over a convex geometry |
| Subjects: | Agriculture International economics Regional economy International relations |
| DOI: | http://doi.org/10.1093/erae/jbaa011 |
| ID Code: | 6113 |
| Deposited By: | MTMT SWORD |
| Deposited On: | 30 Nov 2020 14:10 |
| Last Modified: | 30 Nov 2020 14:10 |
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