Im Zusammenhang mit der Verabschiedung von Frau Prof. Dr. Ulrike Wendeling-Schröder aus dem aktiven Universitätsdienst veranstaltete das HSI am 1.10. 2013 in Kooperation mit der Leibniz-Universität Hannover einen Workshop zum Thema "Arbeitsbedingungen des Betriebsrats". Gegenstand des...

Die derzeit angespannten handelspolitischen Beziehungen zwischen Europa und den Vereinigten Staaten werfen die Frage nach dem tatsächlichen Protektionsgrad auf, mit dem international tätige deutsche Unternehmen in Nordamerika konfrontiert werden. Würde in Nordamerika eine Abschottungspolitik...

This paper starts from the encounter between a European navy vessel and a dinghy carrying boat refugees and other desperate migrants across the Mediterranean or West African Sea towards Europe. It explores the growing trend in the EU of enacting migration control at the high seas or...

Every year between 100,000 and 120,000 migrants attempt to irregularly cross the Mediterranean to reach European shores in hope of political asylum or just a better life. In this working paper Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen and Tanja Aalberts take on the complicated politics and law of 'rescue at...

This paper examines the underlying principles and main elements of binding and non-binding international instruments relating to access and benefit-sharing of genetic resources. It discusses the gap left by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and some of the elements that might...

While risk selection within the German public health insurance system has received considerable attention, risk selection between public and private health insurers has largely been ignored. This is surprising since - given the institutional structure - risk selection between systems is likely...

This paper explores the relationship between risk attitude and asset diversification in household portfolios. We first examine the impact of manifested risk aversion on the total number of distinct assets held in a portfolio (naive diversification). The second part of the paper focuses on a more...