When people share risk in financial markets, intermediaries provide costly enforcement for most trades and, hence, are an integral part of financial marketsu0092 organization. We assess the degree of risk sharing that can be achieved through financial markets when enforcement is based on the...

This Briefing Paper presents an analysis of the causes, consequences and context of honour killing and recommends a variety of strategies for consideration by the European Parliament, recognizing that there is a need both to respond immediately to the occurrence of honour killings, whilst...