This study seeks to understand the relation between firm size and supervisory board composition. Specifically, we ask if and how firm size influences occupational and international background diversity in supervisory boards. Relying on resource dependence theory and theories of organizational...

Die Rolle der Arbeitnehmervertreter im Aufsichtsrat wurde vielfach untersucht, sowohl theoretisch als auch empirisch. Studien zu den Effekten der Unternehmensmitbestimmung betrachten die Arbeitnehmervertreter im Aufsichtsrat dabei haeufig als „homogene Bank“ und ruecken deren Rolle als...

Bilateral bargaining situations are often characterized by informational asymmetries concerning the size of what is at stake: in some cases, the proposer is better informed, in others, it is the responder. We analyze the effects of both types of asymmetric information on proposer behavior in two...

It has often been discussed whether institutional regulations aimed at protecting specific groups of the labour market have indeed succeeded in achieving the intended goal or whether they have actually aggravated the labour market position of these groups. In our paper we analyse German...

In times of massive employment reduction, outplacement services are increasingly popular. However, the empirical knowledge of the provision of outplacement services is limited. In our paper we present the results of an original survey of more than 1,000 German firms that systematically renders...