Corporate Lobbying in the European Union: Towards a Theory of Access.

The aim of this article is to develop a theoretical framework in order to explain the access of business interests to the European Commission, the Parliament and the Council of Ministers. The degree of access to these institutions is explained interms of a theory of demand and supply of access goods. Access goods concern information that is crucial in the EU policy-making process. Together with the supply, the EU institutions' demand for access goods is therefore carefully studied.