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In response to the unusually high levels of price volatility during the world food price crisis of 2007/2008, US and EU regulators have introduced position limits that aim to protect commodity markets from exposure to excess speculation. Such regulatory initiatives presuppose that excess speculation is indeed responsible for excess volatility. Our results debunk this presupposition...

This article introduces ‘activist entrepreneuring’ to suggest a fresh understanding of en- trepreneuring which foregrounds how constraints of imagination are removed through critical speech. Specifically, we link Michel Foucault's work on parrhesia, or courageous speech, and various literatures on (utopian) imagination to discuss ‘disruptive truth-telling’ as the generative...

Die technische und wirtschaftliche Bedeutung von Robotern nimmt im Rahmen der vierten industriellen Revolution (Industrie 4.0) weltweit zu. Diese Entwicklung wirft zahlreiche neue Rechtsfragen auf. Deshalb setzen sich immer mehr Rechtswissenschaftler mit den rechtlichen Konsequenzen des Einsatzes von Robotern, dem Roboterrecht, auseinander. Rechtliche Fragen stellen sich etwa bei der...

Die technische und wirtschaftliche Bedeutung von Robotern nimmt im Rahmen der vierten industriellen Revolution (Industrie 4.0) weltweit zu. Diese Entwicklung wirft zahlreiche neue Rechtsfragen auf. Deshalb setzen sich immer mehr Rechtswissenschaftler mit den rechtlichen Konsequenzen des Einsatzes von Robotern, dem Roboterrecht, auseinander. Rechtliche Fragen stellen sich etwa bei der...

We propose to change the default P-value threshold for statistical significance from 0.05 to 0.005 for claims of new discoveries.

Hospitals provide highly sophisticated services, but they are largely
steered by means of simplistic management models, which do not match the complexities faced by these organizations. The design of management models in hospitals and public organizations at large shows a bend toward reductionism. The reductionism of these models is rooted in their short-termism, and in the...

The existing literature assumes that unemployment insurance (UI) affects the labor market through the job finding rate of eligible workers. I argue that this focus is too narrow. I show evidence for UI effects through three other margins: (i) search externalities; (ii) takeup of other welfare state programs; and (iii) job separations. This suggests that the analysis of optimal UI...

This volume presents evidence-based research on citizens’ experiences and reactions to the Great Recession in Europe. How did European citizen experience and react to the crisis? How are the experiences of crisis and political responses socially differentiated? Are some social classes and more deprived groups particularly hard hit? How did the crisis impact on political choices? What...