WiSt - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliches Studium

Ever since Facebook rebranded itself as Meta Platforms in 2021 and started focusing on "Meta first" instead of "Facebook first," more and more corporate decision makers have been asking themselves: What is Metaverse? Is Metaverse just a fad that...

It is often assumed that MPs' outside earnings reduce their efforts in parliament. To empirically test this assumption, we collect new data for German MPs for the period 2014-2017. We employ two instrumental variable strategies to estimate a causal...

Things change very quickly in the crypto world. As recently as November 2021, prices were at extreme highs, then came the crash. This has currently reignited the discussion of new rules for the crypto market internationally. This paper addresses the...

German law allows to squeeze-out minority shareholders either under stock corporation law, law regulating the transformation of companies or takeover law. The procedures have similarities, but in addition to specific application requirements differ...

This article explores the motivations and restrictions of dictators. It demonstrates the policy that dictators pursue in terms of taxes, infrastructure policy and public-goods supply. Finally, the structures are analyzed from which the power of a...