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Exchanging access goods for access: A comparative study of business lobbying in the European Union institutions

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Bouwen, P

The aim of this article is to test empirically a theory of access that investigates the logic behind the apparent ad hoc lobbying behavior of business interests in the European Union (EU) multi-level system. First, a theoretical framework is set out that attempts to explain the access of different organizational forms of business interest representation - companies, associations and consultants - to the European Commission, the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers. The degree of access to these institutions is explained in terms of a theory of the supply and demand of access goods. Access goods concern information that is crucial in the EU policy-making process. In return for access to an EU institution, business interests have to provide the access good(s) demanded by that institution. A number of specific hypotheses about access are analyzed in an extensive empirical study of the EU financial services sector. On the basis of 126 exploratory and semi-structured interviews, the hypotheses are checked across the three EU institutions.

Document type Article de périodique (Journal article) – Article de recherche
Publication date 2004
Language Anglais
Journal information "European Journal of Political Research" - Vol. 43, no. 3, p. 337-369 (2004)
Peer reviewed yes
Publisher Blackwell Publ Ltd (Oxford)
issn 0304-4130
e-issn 1475-6765
Publication status Publié
Affiliation UCL
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Bibliographic reference Bouwen, P. Exchanging access goods for access: A comparative study of business lobbying in the European Union institutions. In: European Journal of Political Research, Vol. 43, no. 3, p. 337-369 (2004)
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