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Labor Standards and Human Rights: Implications for International Trade and Investment

In: Regulation of Foreign Investment Challenges to International Harmonization

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  • Drusilla K Brown

    (Tufts University, USA)

  • Alan V Deardorff

    (University of Michigan, USA)

  • Robert M Stern

    (University of Michigan and UC-Berkeley, USA)

Abstract

The following sections are included:IntroductionHuman Dignity in an Integrated Global EconomyGlobalization, labor and human-rights violations, and the remedy for market inefficiencyEmpirical Evidence on the Impact of Labor Standards on International Trade and Investment: Is There a Race to the Bottom?The experience of US GSP and better factories CambodiaOther evidence of the effects of labor standards on trade and investmentIs there a race to the bottom?ConclusionsReferences

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  • Drusilla K Brown & Alan V Deardorff & Robert M Stern, 2013. "Labor Standards and Human Rights: Implications for International Trade and Investment," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: Zdenek Drabek & Petros Mavroidis (ed.), Regulation of Foreign Investment Challenges to International Harmonization, chapter 5, pages 153-195, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
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    • F10 - International Economics - - Trade - - - General
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