Rückgreifend auf einen analytischen Rahmen, der von Barbara Koremenos, Charles Lipson und Duncan Snidal im "Rational Design" Projekt entworfen wurde, werden die institutionell stark unterschiedlichen Methoden der internationale Handelsdisputlösung für Privatparteien untersucht. Diese Methoden...

Divergent national standards often inhibit trade in goods and services. Consequently, the setting of international standards is rapidly becoming an issue of considerable economic and political salience. But who sets international standards? Who wins, who loses? Building on previous studies we...

The rise of private regulation in the world economy -- Private nonmarket rule-making in context : a typology of global regulation -- Institutional complementarity theory -- Private regulators in global financial markets : institutional structure and complementarity in accounting regulation --...

The Politics of Global Regulation Edited by Walter Mattli and Ngaire Woods PRINCETON,UNIVERSITY PRESS PRINCETON AND OXFORD Contents List of Figures and Tables vii Introduction ...

Service sports include two-player contests such as volleyball, badminton, and squash. We analyze four rules, including the Standard Rule (SR), in which a player continues to serve until he or she loses. The Catch-Up Rule (CR) gives the serve to the player who has lost the previous point - as...

The rules of many sports are not fair — they do not ensure that equally skilled competitors have the same probability of winning. As an example, the penalty shootout in soccer, wherein a coin toss determines which team kicks first on all five penalty kicks, gives a substantial advantage to the...