Acknowledgement
We are grateful for the financial support by the foundations “Stiftung Goldener Zuckerhut” and the “H.
Wilhelm Schaumann Stiftung” (both Germany) and by the State Government of Schleswig-Holstein,
Germany. The views expressed in this paper are those of the authors.
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