as in the academic realm. A frequently made point is that allowing free secession may protect the minority’s interests … unattractive for the minority region. In contrast, limiting the secession possibilities by requiring the consent of a majority of …

determining the likelihood of secession and unification. We provide empirical support for choosing genetic distances as a proxy of … the regions prone to secession and the countries that are more likely to merge. Our framework is further applied to …

prevent credible secession threats by regions of the country. Severity of internal tension has been linked to degree of …

This paper looks at the economic impact of secession through the lens of the disintegration of the former Yugoslavia … there has been no favourable economic impact of secession and that how secession was achieved is key in understanding the … subsequent economic performance of the newly independent countries. In cases of secession without conflict, independence did not …

. We develop a model of patent litigation which predicts faster settlement agreements when patent rights are fragmented and … predicts that the impact of fragmentation on settlement duration should be smaller under CAFC. We confirm these predictions …-2000. Finally, we analyze how fragmentation affects total settlement delay, taking into account both reduction in duration per …

We analyze credit default swap settlement auctions theoretically and evaluate them empirically. In our theoretical …

innovative design in steam power, the Corliss engine, played in the intertwined processes of industrialization and urbanization …