Sovereign rights in Exclusive economic zones and Continental shelves are functionally limited to the economic exploitation of these zones. Moreover, in the case of disputed maritime zones these sovereign rights are neither exclusive nor necessarily constant. Nevertheless, states are still...

Die Chinesen nennen es Yidai Yilu IBM ?Ein Gürtel, eine Strasse?. Die Deutschen erinnern sich vorzugsweise an Marco Polo und sprechen darum von der Neuen Seidenstrasse. Es handelt sich um das vermutlich gröt︣e Infrastrukturprojekt der Menschheitsgeschichte, an dem sich inzwischen mehr als...

This paper studies the impact of cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions (M&As) on Carbon Dioxide emissions. Carbon Dioxide is the main anthropogenic greenhouse gas. A global problem that requires a multilateral solution. To take this into account we introduce an institutional variable, which...