How can small to medium-sized enterprises (SMIES) be adequately represented in a representative democracy based on a market economy? A reflection of p

第一个尚未回答的理论问题是，欧盟所采用的新自由主义市场政策是否与有效的中小企业政策相一致。目前，关于经济发展的文献假设完全信息、完全竞争、完全风险市场、理性主体和充分就业。根据这些模型，主导市场的大公司并不存在，但是，由于理性行为，所有公司都试图积累盈余和增长。Dannreuther和Perren（2013年）已经确定，这种被称为“不变行为模型”的假设是欧盟中小企业政策制定的基础。然而，他们并不质疑有效的中小企业政策是否可以基于这种思维。本项目的第二组研究问题涉及上述观察结果所产生的政治影响，我将沿着三个维度进行研究。首先，在政策制定中不变行为假设的后果是什么？第二，新自由主义政策如何影响中小企业的利益代表？第三，当前中小企业的概念如何影响代议制民主的理念？

The first unanswered theoretical question is whether neoliberal market policies, as applied in the EU, are compatible with effective SME policies. Currently, the literature on economic development assumes perfect information, perfect competition, perfect risk markets, rational agents, and full employment. According to these models, large firms dominating the market do not exist, but, due to rational behaviour, all firms try to accumulate surpluses and grow. Dannreuther and Perren (2013) have identified that such assumptions, called 'invariant behaviour models', underlie EU-SME policy making. However, they do not question whether effective SME policies can be based on such thinking.The second set of research questions in this project addresses the political implications that follow from above observations, which I will investigate along three dimensions. First, what are the consequences of invariant behaviour assumptions in policy making? Second, how do neoliberal policies affect SME interest representation? Third, how do current conceptions of SMEs affect the idea of a representative democracy?