The coronavirus pandemic imposes major challenges for both the population and political actors. Measures to contain the pandemic must be communicated in such a way that they motivate to persevere. However there is now great resistance in parts of the population. From the perspective of social-...

Das internationale Freihandelsregime wurde in den vergangenen Jahren von wenigen Themen so stark geprägt, wie von seinem Verhältnis zum Umweltrecht. Der vorliegende Beitrag konzeptualisiert und problematisiert den im wissenschaftlichen Diskurs häufig verkürzt dargestellten Zielkonflikt...

Do the parties in a typical dispute face incentives similar to those in the classic prisoner's dilemma game? In this paper, we explore whether the costs and benefits of legal representation are such that each party seeks legal representation in the hope of exploiting the other party, while...

Post-grant validity challenges at patent offices rely on the private initiative of third parties to correct mistakes made by patent offices. We hypothesize that incentives to bring post-grant validity challenges are reduced when many firms benefit from revocation of a patent and when firms are...

In this paper, we ask whether courts should continue to rule settlements in the context of pharmaceutical claims per se legal, when these settlements comprise payments from originator to generic companies, potentially delaying generic entry compared to the underlying litigation. Within a...

Vor dem Hintergrund einer erodierenden europäischen Sicherheitsordnung hat die OSZE und mit ihr die lange vernachlässigte Wirtschafts- und Umweltdimension eine neue Dynamik entwickelt. Der Kooperation bei vermeintlich weniger verfänglichen Wirtschafts- und Umweltthemen wird das Potential...

We analyze a bargaining protocol recently proposed in the literature vis-à-vis unconstrained negotiation. This new mechanism extracts gains from trade inherent in the differing valuation of two parties towards various issues where conflict exists. We assess the role of incomplete vs. complete...