dc.contributor.author | Pavelin, Stephen | |
dc.contributor.author | Porter, Lynda A. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-07-29T14:51:45Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-07-29T14:51:45Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2011 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Pavelin, Stephen; Porter, Lynda A.. 'Race-to-the-Bottom or -Top at Home or Abroad: Health and Safety Standards and the Multinational Firm'. - Economic & Social Review, Vol. 42, No. 3, Autumn, 2011, pp289–31, Dublin: Economic & Social Research Institute | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0012-9984 | |
dc.identifier.other | JEL XXX | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2262/76755 | |
dc.description.abstract | We develop a model to illustrate potential complexities in the relationship between corporate geographical diversification and the health and safety (H&S) standards set in national jurisdictions. A firm, that initially has a plant in its home country, may choose to also have one or two foreign plants in order to improve its bargaining position versus local governments, and so ensure reduced H&S standards, i.e. a race-to-the-bottom. However, contrary to the main focus of the popular debate on this topic, we note the potential for the race-to-the-bottom tendency to be exerted on H&S standards in the multinational company’s home rather than host country, and also for an upward push on H&S to instead result. | en |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.publisher | Economic & Social Studies | |
dc.source | Economic & Social Review | en |
dc.subject | health and safety | en |
dc.subject | multinational firm | en |
dc.title | Race-to-the-Bottom or -Top at Home or Abroad: Health and Safety Standards and the Multinational Firm | |
dc.type | Journal Article | |
dc.publisher.place | Dublin | en |
dc.rights.ecaccessrights | openAccess | |