Das Papier „Offshoring with Endogenous NGO Activism“ von Prof. Sebastian Krautheim (Universität Passau) und Prof. Thierry Verdier (Paris School of Economics) wird in der Juli-Ausgabe des Journal of International Economics erscheinen und ist bereits online verfügbar. Das Journal of International Economics ist eine international hoch renommierte Fachzeitschrift und ist als „top-field journal“ die weltweit führende Fachzeitschrift im Bereich der internationalen Ökonomik.
Abstract: The process of globalization is characterized by an impressive growth of global value chains, as well as the proliferation of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) interacting with multinational firms. This paper presents a model of offshoring and NGO–firm interactions in which offshoring to a low-regulation country allows a monopolist to implement a “dirty” technology undesired by consumers. Consumers can reduce the incentive for dirty production by financing an NGO monitoring the firm. NGO emergence and offshoring can arise as joint and interacting outcomes. For a range of trade costs, NGO emergence allows firms to capture gains from globalization, which would otherwise be unattainable. Somewhat paradoxically, NGO emergence can be at the expense of consumers possibly leading to welfare losses through offshoring.