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dc.contributor.authorFidrmuc, J-
dc.contributor.authorGinsburgh, V-
dc.contributor.authorWeber, S-
dc.date.accessioned2014-05-06T14:40:44Z-
dc.date.available2014-05-06T14:40:44Z-
dc.date.issued2009-
dc.identifier.citationEuropean Journal of Political Economy, 25(1), 56 - 62, 2009en_US
dc.identifier.issn0176-2680-
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0176268008000517en
dc.identifier.urihttp://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/8383-
dc.descriptionThis is the post-print version of the final paper published in European Journal of Political Economy. The published article is available from the link below. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. Copyright @ 2008 Elsevier B.V.en_US
dc.description.abstractExtensive multilingualism is one of the most important and fundamental principles of the European Union (EU). However, a large number of languages (currently 23) hinders communication and imposes substantial financial and legal costs. On the other hand, the reduction of the number of languages would disenfranchise some or many EU citizens. We use the results of a survey on languages and argue that even though a linguistic reform reducing the number of languages is unlikely to gain sufficient political support today, this may change in the future since young people are more proficient at speaking foreign languages.en_US
dc.languageEnglish-
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherElsevier Science Inc.en_US
dc.subjectLanguagesen_US
dc.subjectDisenfranchisementen_US
dc.subjectEuropean Unionen_US
dc.subjectLinguistic standardizationen_US
dc.titleVoting on the choice of core languages in the European Unionen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2008.07.002-
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