Firms are under increasing pressure to meet stakeholders’ demand for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) along their global value chains. We study the incentives for and investments in CSR at different stages of the production process. We analyze a model of sequential production with...

Climate policy pledges and negotiations involve commitments about the reduction of emissions within national borders. However, the rise of global value chains has changed the nature of production and international trade, blurring the attribution of ultimate responsibility for emissions. This...

Dass unsere billigen Konsumangebote eine weniger glitzernde Kehrseite haben, dringt kurz in unser Bewusstsein, wenn wieder mal eine Fabrik z.B. in Bangladesch einstürzt, wo Textilarbeiterinnen zu Hungerlöhnen für den Export produzieren (vgl. H. Holdinghausen: "Dreimal anziehen, weg damit",...