Im Rahmen einer umfassenden betrieblichen "Compliance", also der Gewährleistung einergesetzestreuen und regelkonformen, ordnungsgemäßen Unternehmensführung, ist durch geeignete Kontrollensicher zu stellen, dass Gesetzesverstöße und regelwidriges Verhalten im Unternehmen sowie aus...

Die vorliegende Studie versucht, einen Beitrag zu den derzeitigen Diskussionen innerhalbder Europäischen Union (EU) um die Einführung einer eigentumsrechtlichen Entbündelung(Ownership Unbundling, OU) im Gassektor zu leisten. Dabei geht es um dieFrage, ob die vollständige eigentumsrechtliche...

Because of a long time frame, irreversible and specific investments, incomplete contracts andpolitical constraints, it is generally difficult for governments to commit themselves in a credibleway to a fixed petroleum tax regime. Many controversial renegotiations and tightenings of suchsystems...

Theories of irreversible investment suggest a negative relation between investment and uncertainty,and non-linear adjustment costs open for asymmetries in the adjustment of fixed capital. We proposean econometric modelling approach to estimate and test the key predictions of modern...

Topical issues in petroleum tax design are in this chapter discussed by means of a tax model for anet income tax system (Norway) and a representative PSA regime. We analyse the entire lifecycle of a typical petroleum project, i.e., the exploration decision is included. Many petroleumtax systems...

Shortages of rigs and personnel have encouraged creativity in designing incentive contracts in thedrilling sector. In particular for oil service contracts, since those companies have the most directcontrol of drilling efficiency. A large variety of contract types are in use, including within...

The oil companies are concerned to replace the petroleum reserves they producein order to maintain their future level of activity. Booked reserves alsorepresent an important input when analysts value these companies. Many producercountries want to control their own resources, a goal which can...

The paper examines the issue of corporate social responsibility (CSR)from the perspective of constitutional economics, focusing on the distinction betweena political community’s constitutional choice of the rules of the ‘‘marketgame,’’ and the market players’ sub-constitutional...

This paper uses German evidence to address two questions about corporate governance. Theeffects of ownership on corporate governance have received much recent attention, but verylittle of this has been devoted to the appropriate way to measure firm ownership. The resultsof this paper show that...

Europa hat sich mit der Lissabon-Strategie aus dem Jahr 2000 ambitionierte wirtschaftliche und politische Ziele gesetzt. Im Rahmen einer 10-Jahres-Strategie will der Europäische Rat die EU zum dynamischsten und wettbewerbsfähigsten Wirtschaftsraum der Welt machen. Diese Ankündigung wurde mit...