Constitutional law and economics of the European Union / edited by Dieter Schmidtchen, Robert Cooter.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction / Dieter Schmidtchen and Robert Cooter -- 2. Why Power Indices Cannot Explain Decisionmaking in the European Union / George Tsebelis and Geoffrey Garrett -- Comment / Tom Hoehn -- Comment / Ulrich Schlieper -- 3. Comitology and the Balance of Power in the European Union: A Game Theoretic Approach / Bernard Steunenberg, Christian Koboldt and Dieter Schmidtchen -- Comment / Sven Berg, Reinert Maeland and Jan-Erik Lane -- Comment / Manfred J. Holler -- 4. The Politics of European Federalism / Jenna Bednar, John Ferejohn and Geoffrey Garrett -- Comment / Jurgen Eichberger -- Comment / Bengt-Arne Wickstrom -- 5. Comparative Judicial Discretion: An Empirical Test of Economic Models / Robert Cooter and Tom Ginsburg -- Comment / Christian Kirchner -- Comment / Karl-Heinz Paque -- 6. The Subsidiarity Principle and the EC Competition Rules: The Costs and Benefits of Decentralisation / Roger van den Bergh -- Comment / Manfred E. Streit --

Comment / Christian Watrin -- 7. FOCJ: Creating a Single European Market for Governments / Bruno S. Frey and Reiner Eichenberger -- Comment / Hans-Jorg Schmidt-Trenz -- 8. Toward Ever Closer Union - Or Ever Larger? Or Both? Entry to the European Union from the Perspective of Constitutional Economics / Manfred E. Streit and Stefan Voigt -- Comment / Michael G. Faure -- Comment / Roland Vaubel -- 9. Non-coercion, Decision Rules and Europe's Constitutional Debate / Frank Vibert -- Comment / Boudewijn Bouckaert -- Comment / Friedrich Schneider -- 10. Constitutional Problems of the European Union - A Lawyer's View / Ulrich Everling.