Englisch ist die mit Abstand am meisten unterrichtete Fremdsprache in Europa. Betrachtet man die Entwicklung der erlernten Fremdsprachen seit 1998, ist ein Anstieg an Englischschülern in nahezu allen untersuchten Ländern zu beobachten, insbesondere in den osteuropäischen Ländern. Auch...

Englisch ist die mit Abstand am meisten unterrichtete Fremdsprache in Europa. Betrachtet man die Entwicklung der erlernten Fremdsprachen seit 1998, ist ein Anstieg an Englischschülern in nahezu allen untersuchten Ländern zu beobachten, insbesondere in den osteuropäischen Ländern. Auch...

The authors investigate whether the home advantage in soccer differs by various dimensions of distance between the (regions of the) home and away teams: geographical distance, climatic differences, cultural distance, and disparities in economic prosperity. To this end, the authors analyse 2,012...

We are the first to investigate whether the introduction of additional assistant referees in the UEFA Europa League (in season 2009-2010) and the UEFA Champions League (in season 2010-2011) was associated with lower referee bias. To this end, we analyse a unique database with pre- and...

We investigate whether the home advantage in soccer differs by various dimensions of distance between the (regions of the) home and away teams: geographical distance, climatic differences, cultural distance, and disparities in economic prosperity. To this end, we analyse 2,012 recent matches...

We investigate whether the home advantage in soccer differs by various dimensions of distance between the (regions of the) home and away teams: geographical distance, climatic differences, cultural distance, and disparities in economic prosperity. To this end, we analyse 2,012 recent matches...

This study is the first to estimate the effects of the sending-off of a player on the full time results in international club soccer. To this end, we analyse data of more than 2,000 recent games in the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League. We find that when home teams receive a red card,...

Understanding today’s EU requires a prism which is attentive to the interactions between the polity-building and world-inhabiting facets of the emerging polity. We cannot separate developing a theory of the EU as a polity from determining its placement in the world. Norms of cooperation become...