A race to the bottom? Employment protection and foreign direct investment

By W. Olney. 2013

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Conceptualizing the Gig Economy and Its Regulatory Problems (2020, background): “In the absence of supranational regulation and global unions, such global digital mar - ketplaces disempower labor, and may lead to lower wages and decreasing labor security and labor standards alike (Freeman, 2006; Olney, 2013).”
The impact of trade openness on global carbon dioxide emissions: Evidence from the top ten emitters among developing countries (2016, background): “According to this view, free trade reveals the impact of race to bottom which basically implies that environmental standards in countries decline as long as less environmental standards yield comparative advantages and attract multinational enterprises (Olney, 2013).”