Decision Making In the European Parliament: An Empirical Analysis

欧洲议会在欧洲一体化进程中发挥着越来越重要的作用。该研究项目将创建四个相互关联的数据集，这将使对欧洲议会决策的首次系统实证调查成为可能。这些数据集将包括详细的法案和修正案、拟议立法的历史、欧洲议会之前和之后的行动，以及唱名表决。一系列的案例研究将引起欧洲环境政策的关注。广泛的理论原因也激励了本研究。欧洲议会的制度和党派特征促进了合作决策，从而加快了一体化进程。了解这些特征影响决策的方式可以为制度结构的设计提供重要的见解。

The European Parliament plays an increasingly important role in the process of European integration. This research project will create four connected datasets that will make feasible the first systematic empirical investigation of decisionmaking in the European Parliament. These data sets will consist of detailed bills and amendments, histories of proposed legislation, prior and subsequent actions external to the EP, and roll call floor votes. A series of case studies will focus attention of European environmental policies. Broad theoretical reasons also motivate this study. Institutional and partisan features of the EP facilitate cooperative decisionmaking which speeds integration. Understanding the ways in which these features affect decisionmaking can provide important insights into the design of institutional structures.