In this paper, we evaluate the impact of cartelisation and managerial incentives on the productive efficiency of German coal mining corporations. We focus on coal mining in the Ruhr district, Germany's main mining area. We use stochastic frontier analysis and an unbalanced dynamic panel data set...

This paper compares and contrasts the processes used by the European, United Kingdom and Scottish parliaments in considering broadband policies, legislation, regulatory systems and outcomes, within a complex triple-tiered governance system. Broadband is of increasing importance due to the...

Die seit 1937 um den Kern der Hüttenwerke Salzgitter gebildete Reichswerke "Hermann Göring" AG war, heute meist vergessen, damals der auch Montan-, Rüstungs- und Schiffahrtsgesellschaften umfassend weltgrößte Konzern, entstanden aus dem schon vor 1933 verbreiteten Autarkiebestreben,...