| 1 | Introduction |
| 2 | A Theory of Access |
| 2.1 | Introducing "Access Goods" as a New Theoretical Concept |
| 2.2 | The Supply-and-Demand Scheme for Access Goods |
| 2.2.1 | The Supply of Access Goods |
| 2.2.2 | The Demand for Access Goods |
| 2.3 | Deriving Hypotheses: Combining Supply and Demand |
| 3 | Research Design and Methods |
| 3.1 | Three Case Studies in the EU Financial Services Sector |
| 3.2 | Relative Access and Ordinal Data |
| 3.3 | The Method of Paired Comparison |
| 4 | Empirical Evidence |
| 4.1 | The European Parliament |
| 4.2 | The European Commission |
| 4.3 | The Council of Ministers |
| 4.4 | Comparative Case Study Analysis |
| 5 | Conclusion |
| References |
| Appendix: Calculating Interval Scale Values |