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The Co‐operation Procedure in the EU: Why was the European Parliament Influential in the Decision on Car Emission Standards?[Note 1. We appreciate the support of Philip Sigwart and have ...]
Author(s) -
Hubschmid Claudia,
Moser Peter
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
jcms: journal of common market studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.54
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1468-5965
pISSN - 0021-9886
DOI - 10.1111/1468-5965.00058
Subject(s) - parliament , argument (complex analysis) , political science , process (computing) , positive economics , law and economics , public economics , economics , law , computer science , chemistry , politics , biochemistry , operating system
The conditional influence of the European Parliament (EP) in the co‐operation procedure is a recognized empirical phenomenon in the literature. One explanation for such conditional influence is that the Parliament can successfully propose amendments only when the restriction which it faces changes during the decision‐making process. We explore this argument and find that it is able to explain the influence of the EP in the decision on car emission standards.