This paper aims to achieve more insight into the complex interplay between the “external” market regulations and “internal” regulations (corporate governance) of energy firms. In recent years, many countries have deregulated the incumbent energy monopolies and have introduced new modes...

Since the beginning of the global financial and economic crisis, the search for its causes has been in full flight on both sides of the Atlantic. Inter alia, fundamental failures in the evaluation of risk and the role that Credit Rating Agencies (CRAs) play in the assessment of credit risk are...

Bei der wirtschaftlichen, rechtlichen und politischen Integration der Europäischen Union ist eine der Kernfragen, auf welcher politischen Ebene spezifische Regelungskompetenzen angesiedelt werden sollten. Zwischen EU-Ebene und den Mitgliedstaaten haben sich bereits komplexe Über- und...