A team of eight experts has conducted an independent evaluation of eleven years (2004-2014) of implementation of the EU Action Plan on Forest Law Enforcement Governance andTrade (FLEGT), commissionedby the European Commission through the European Forest Institute. The Evaluation Report comprises...

Die Gemeinwohl-Ökonomie verfolgt das Ziel eines ethischen und nachhaltigen Wirtschaftsmodells. Wirtschaften soll nicht allein der Gewinnmaximierung, sondern dem guten Leben für alle - dem Gemeinwohl - dienen. Doch lässt unsere Rechtsordnung ein gemeinwohlorientiertes Wirtschaften überhaupt...

The relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and earnings management (EM) has only emerged recently as a topic of academic research. Literature suggests that firms may strategically use CSR to compensate for EM or to deflect stakeholder attention from EM. Studies on the EM-CSR...

This paper proposes a new framework for the analysis of public sector debt sustainability. The framework uses concepts and methods from modern practice of contingent claims to develop a quantitative risk-based model of sovereign credit risk. The motivation in developing this framework is to...

Die Akzeptanz kleinräumiger Angebote der Lebensmittelversorgung im Untersuchungsraum Stuttgart steht im Mittelpunkt dieses Arbeitsberichts, der grundsätzliche Überlegungen und aktuelle empirische Untersuchungen am Fachgebiet Agrarmärkte und Agrarmarketing der Universität Hohenheim hierzu...

The purpose of this evaluation is to provide policy-makers and managers of the Commission’s relevant external co-operation Services as well as other relevant DGs (such as DG Trade and DG Environment), and the EC Delegations in Chisinau and Kiev, with an independent assessment of the EC...

The evaluation covers the Commission’s co-operation with the Mediterranean Partner Countries (MPC) implemented under the MEDA II Regulation over the period 2000-2006. It includes Commission funds managed by the European Investment Bank (EIB). Geographically it covers the MEDA-8 countries...