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Decision-making in the United Nations General Assembly: A comprehensive database of resolution-related decisions Open

Joshua C. Fjelstul, Simon Hug, Christopher Kilby · 2025

Existing United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) voting databases provide excellent coverage of UNGA voting on resolutions adopted by roll-call vote. These databases, however, have known limitations: The United Nations Digital Library only …

The CJEU Database Platform: Decisions and Decision-Makers Open

Stein Arne Brekke, Joshua C. Fjelstul, Silje Synnøve Lyder Hermansen, Daniel Naurin · 2023

This article presents the CJEU Database Platform, which provides scholars with an extensive collection of easily accessible, research-ready data on the the universe of cases, decisions, and judges at the Court of Justice of the European Un…

The political economy of noncompliance in customs unions Open

Joshua C. Fjelstul · 2022

States create customs unions to accrue consumer welfare gains. Given the incentives to cheat to protect domestic firms from foreign competition, they create regulatory regimes with international courts to manage noncompliance. I develop a …

The timely administration of justice: using computational simulations to evaluate institutional reforms at the CJEU Open

Joshua C. Fjelstul, Matthew J. Gabel, Clifford J. Carrubba · 2022

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) faces a growing backlog of cases and delays in administering justice. Identifying the factors that prolong the resolution of cases is critical for designing successful institutional reforms…

The CJEU Database Platform: Decisions and Decision-Makers Open

Joshua C. Fjelstul, Stein Arne Brekke, Silje Synnøve Lyder Hermansen, Daniel Naurin · 2022

Replication data for "The CJEU Database Platform: Decisions and Decision-Makers." This article presents the CJEU Database Platform, which provides scholars with an extensive collection of easily accessible, research-ready data on the the u…

Explaining public opinion on the enforcement of the Stability and Growth Pact during the European sovereign debt crisis Open

Joshua C. Fjelstul · 2022

The EU reformed the regulatory rules of the Eurozone in response to the European sovereign debt crisis, empowering the EU to more effectively enforce the Stability and Growth Pact (SGP), which is designed to prevent debt crises. Given rece…

How the Chamber System at the CJEU Undermines the Consistency of the Court’s Application of EU Law Open

Joshua C. Fjelstul · 2021

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) uses a chamber system to more efficiently decide cases. To what extent, and under what conditions, does the CJEU’s chamber system undermine the consistency of the Court’s application of EU …

Replication Data for: How the Chamber System at the CJEU Undermines the Consistency of the Court's Application of EU Law Open

Joshua C. Fjelstul · 2021

Replication data and code for "How the Chamber System at the CJEU Undermines the Consistency of the Court's Application of EU Law." The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) uses a chamber system to more efficiently decide cases. T…

Improving the efficiency of pretrial bargaining in disputes over noncompliance with international law: encouraging evidence from the European Union Open

Sivaram Cheruvu, Joshua C. Fjelstul · 2021

International institutions can create pretrial bargaining procedures to resolve disputes over noncompliance with international law. In this article, we consider how international institutions can improve the efficiency of pretrial bargaini…

Improving the efficiency of pretrial bargaining in disputes over noncompliance with international law: encouraging evidence from the European Union Open

Sivaram Cheruvu, Joshua C. Fjelstul · 2021

International institutions can create pretrial bargaining procedures to resolve disputes over noncompliance with international law. In this article, we consider how international institutions can improve the efficiency of pretrial bargaini…

Explaining Incompleteness and Conditionality in Alliance Agreements Open