China, India, and South Africa have recognized the importance of renewable electricity for their future development. In this paper, we investigate the experience of the three countries in applying generation-based policies to promote renewable electricity. In contrast to the European experience,...

Christian missions, especially Protestants missions, have been shown to advance longrun education outcomes and gender equality in Africa. However, the mechanisms behind this benign legacy and the contribution of missionary women, who constituted more than half of all Western mission staff, are...

Christian missions played an essential role for European colonial empires, often entering territories before European powers officially claimed control. While interactions between governmental and religious actors and their long-term consequences have been subject to earlier studies, little is...

Since China’s accession to the World Trade Organisation the world has witnessed the country’s development with a mixture of admiration and fear. The economic growth rates have been extremely impressive, and cities like Beijing and Shanghai today do more and more resemble if not outperform...

Chinas Aufstieg zur zweitgrößten Volkswirtschaft hat die globalen Kräfteverhältnisse in den letzten Jahren ver­ändert. Findet eine Verschiebung der globalen Dominanz von West nach Ost statt? Welche Möglichkeiten hat Europa, sich zwischen den USA und China zu positionieren? Nach Ansicht...

Corporate credit reporting (CCR), which aims at increasing trust in corporates, constitutes an intriguing, yet understudied set of regulatory institutions as it is both a regulatory object and subject at the same time. Differences in national CCR systems pose challenges for multinational...