Nirgendwo ist die Globalisierung so weit fortgeschritten wie im Finanzsektor. Internationale Finanz- und Währungskrisen sowie Konkurse international tätiger Banken rückten in den letzten zwei Jahrzehnten zunehmend die Risiken "entfesselter" Finanzmärkte in den Vordergrund. In Wissenschaft...

The reception of refugees and asylum seekers has emerged as one of the most critical contemporary global issues. In 2015, the world experienced the most forced migrants since World War II. This essay compares the treatment of asylum seekers at reception in United States and Germany through each...

The large-scale persecution of Jews during World War II generated massive refugee movements. Using data from 20,441 predominantly Jewish passengers from 19 countries traveling from Lisbon to New York between 1940 and 1942, we analyze the last wave of refugees escaping the Holocaust and verify...