TY - JOUR
T1 - Who gets what, when, and how revisited
T2 - Voting and proposal powers in the allocation of the eu budget
AU - Aksoy, Deniz
PY - 2010/6
Y1 - 2010/6
N2 - What are the factors that help EU member states to secure favourable bargaining outcomes? Although existing research highlights the importance of the member states' 'political power', scholars tend to equate this with their voting power. In this paper, I argue that proposal-making power associated with the EU presidency helps the member states to obtain preferable negotiation outcomes. Analysis of the cross-state allocation of the EU budget from 1977-2003 shows that holding the EU presidency during the time of allocation decisions brings financial benefits to individual member states.
AB - What are the factors that help EU member states to secure favourable bargaining outcomes? Although existing research highlights the importance of the member states' 'political power', scholars tend to equate this with their voting power. In this paper, I argue that proposal-making power associated with the EU presidency helps the member states to obtain preferable negotiation outcomes. Analysis of the cross-state allocation of the EU budget from 1977-2003 shows that holding the EU presidency during the time of allocation decisions brings financial benefits to individual member states.
KW - Agenda setting
KW - EU presidency
KW - Political power
KW - Proposal power
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=77953442639&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/1465116510363658
DO - 10.1177/1465116510363658
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:77953442639
SN - 1465-1165
VL - 11
SP - 171
EP - 194
JO - European Union Politics
JF - European Union Politics
IS - 2
ER -