Most landlords do not carry liability insurance, which means that most residents have little chance of recovery after being harmed by dangerous housing conditions. More disabling injuries occur in homes than in workplaces and motor vehicles combined. These risks disproportionately affect...

Price discrimination has raised numerous public concerns and many regulatory agencies have enacted fairness regulations on prices to curb such controversial practices. In this work, we find that, relative to non-regulation, appropriate regulation may alleviate the cut-throat price competition...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is not only increasingly used in business and administration contexts, but a race for its regulation is also underway, with the EU spearheading the efforts. Contrary to existing literature, this article suggests, however, that the most far-reaching and effective EU...

Der Titel vermittelt Schritt für Schritt Grundwissen in Wirtschaft und wendet sich an Leser ab 12 Jahren. In 6 Kapiteln werden die grossen Themen und Fragen von der Steinzeit bis zu den Herausforderungen der Globalisierung erklärt. Das gelingt mit verständlichen, interessanten Texten und der...

With the rapid development of artificial intelligence/machine learning technologies and insurers’ extensive use of Big Data, a growing concern is that insurance companies can use proxies or develop more complex and opaque algorithms to discriminate against policyholders. A grey area has...