Luxembourg in the Early Days of the EEC: Null Player or Not?

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Mayer, Alexander:
Luxembourg in the Early Days of the EEC: Null Player or Not?
In: Games. Vol. 9 (2018) Issue 2 . - 29.
ISSN 2073-4336
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/g9020029

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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.