Laut ökonomischer Forschung sind Preisgarantien geeignet, den Wettbewerb zwischen Unternehmen zu beschränken, da Konkurrenten dem auslobenden Unternehmen dadurch weniger Kunden abwerben können und entmutigt werden, dessen Preise zu unterbieten. Mit der „aufeinander abgestimmten...

This paper examines the evolution of global merchandise trade, between 2010 and 2022, assessing the share of imports subject to regional trade agreements (RTAs). A key question for us is whether the share of merchandise trade subject to preferences has kept pace with the proliferation in RTAs....

We investigate whether strengthened legal protection of trade secrets increases the likelihood of a firm being acquired. Stronger protection can make a firm more attractive for acquisition due to better safeguarding of trade secrets, but it may also increase information asymmetries that...

Context: The German vocational training and education (VET) system is designed to cope with change. Within this system, organizational VET trainers (OVETT) are the main persons of reference for apprentices in the organization, in most cases for the whole three-year training period. Whether...