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This paper analyzes the effects of enlargement on EU legislative output. Building on "veto player" theory, the authors use computer simulations to derive hypotheses about group size, heterogeneity and law production and test this theory by estimating negative binomial regression models on a dataset covering the legislative process for all binding EU legislation from 1976 to 2007. The authors find no significant reduction of legislation along with an increase in the number of member states.