From European integration to domestic politics to the development of the global economy, technocracy and private ordering have shaped economic behaviour. Such transformative private-driven forces of economic activity flourished through the promulgation of voluntary standards. In view of the...

Öffentlich-rechtliche Banken galten über Jahrzehnte als Stützpfeiler des deutschen Kapitalismusmodells und waren tief in die politische Ökonomie der Bundesrepublik eingebettet. Dies änderte sich, als die Europäische Kommission im Jahr 2001 das europäische Wettbewerbsrecht gegenüber der...

The three large South Asian countries (India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh), which are the focus of this report, have drawn up large power capacity addition plans to provide for the rapidly increasing electricity demand in the region. The global financial crisis (the crisis), which became acute from...