ESG ratings deliver the short-hand evaluation that investors need to incorporate environmental, social, and governance aspects in their decision-making. In this capacity, they give direction to the ESG movement and define its objectives. The paper argues that an ESG rating can serve two distinct...

German abstract: Der Beitrag zur Fachgruppe "Grundlagen" der 37. Tagung der Gesellschaft für Rechtsvergleichung 2019 in Greifswald beleuchtet rechtliche Gleichheit aus der Perspektive der normativen (Rechts-)Ökonomik als einer Gerechtigkeitstheorie. Das rechtliche Gleichheitspostulat tritt...

After the global financial crisis, systemic risk regulation has taken center stage. Many consider hedge funds a potential threat to financial stability. Regulating hedge funds, however, is necessarily a transnational challenge because no national government alone can effectively control the...

As physicians become more aware of the need to treat anaemia in their patients with cancer, they have to consider 2 treatment options: red blood cell transfusion or recombinant human erythropoietin [epoetin alfa; epoetin beta]. Healthcare systems are under increasing pressure to lower costs while...