Günther G. Schulze
Günther G. Schulze is Professor of
Economics at the University of
Freiburg, Germany. His main research
areas are international economics,
international environmental
economics, and interjurisdictional
competition. He is author of The
Political Economy of Capital Controls
(2000, Cambridge University Press)
and editor of International
Environmental Economics (2001,
Oxford University Press, jointly with
Heinrich Ursprung).
Papers Published in World Economics:
Labour Standards and International Trade
Can a case be made for the imposition of international minimum labour
standards? And if so, on what grounds? The authors systematically present the
existing theoretical and empirical arguments for and against introducing minimum
labour standards on the international level, and discuss whether trade sanctions
are the instrument of choice to improve labour standards around the world.
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