Competition between groups often involves prizes that have both a public and a private component. The exact nature of the prize not only affects the strategic choice of the sharing rules determining its allocation but also gives rise to an interesting phenomenon not observed when the prize is either purely public or purely private. Indeed, we show that in the two-groups contest, for most degree...

During the last two centuries, property understood as an exclusive and unlimited dominion became common sense. Before, idea of a fiduciary relationship, which is still present in contemporary social constitutionalism, was closely linked to view that exercise freedom entails capacity shape those rights channel socioeconomic life. Today, new ways operationalise such approach must be found. This a...

In this commentary piece, I combine insights gained from the various contributions to special issue with my own research and understanding trace (dis)connections between, on one hand, (post-)nationalism its underlying concept of belonging and, other cosmopolitanism becoming. pay attention human (im)mobilities mediating these processes. This critical thinking exercise confirms that relationship ...

Theoretical analyses of the effects of works councils show ambiguous results. Therefore an empirical investigation of the issue is inevitable. The results so far are mixed, frequently a positive effect on productivity, but a negative one on profits is found. The problem of both theoretical and empirical studies is the assumption of firm homogeneity. To close this gap, we take into account firm ...