The effects of the Rana Plaza collapse on the sourcing choices of French importers
Pamina Koenig
(1, 2, 3)
,
Sandra Poncet
(1)
Pamina Koenig
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Sandra Poncet
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Résumé
This paper analyzes the effects of a major reputational shock affecting textile importers from Bangladesh. The collapse of the Rana Plaza building in April 2013 generated a surge of activism and media coverage specifically targeting the firms that sourced from the factories affected by the disaster. Using monthly firm-level import data from French Customs, we study any potential disruption in these firms’ imports from all origins, and specifically from Bangladesh. We use a difference-in-differences approach. French textile imports from Bangladesh rose continuously after the shock, and the overall imports of retailers sourcing from the Rana Plaza show no drop after the event. Our results do reveal a relative decline in Bangladeshi imports for those retailers named for sourcing from the collapsed factories. This effect is mirrored by a relative increase in these exposed firms’ imports from four particular countries, which are non-Asian and are geographically closer to France.
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The effects of the Rana Plaza collapse on the sourcing choices of French importers
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Résumé |
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This paper analyzes the effects of a major reputational shock affecting textile importers from Bangladesh. The collapse of the Rana Plaza building in April 2013 generated a surge of activism and media coverage specifically targeting the firms that sourced from the factories affected by the disaster. Using monthly firm-level import data from French Customs, we study any potential disruption in these firms’ imports from all origins, and specifically from Bangladesh. We use a difference-in-differences approach. French textile imports from Bangladesh rose continuously after the shock, and the overall imports of retailers sourcing from the Rana Plaza show no drop after the event. Our results do reveal a relative decline in Bangladeshi imports for those retailers named for sourcing from the collapsed factories. This effect is mirrored by a relative increase in these exposed firms’ imports from four particular countries, which are non-Asian and are geographically closer to France.
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Auteur(s) |
Pamina Koenig
1, 2, 3
, Sandra Poncet
1
1
PSE -
Paris School of Economics
( 301309 )
- 48 boulevard Jourdan 75014 Paris
- France
2
PJSE -
Paris Jourdan Sciences Economiques
( 578027 )
- 48 boulevard Jourdan 75014 Paris
- France
3
CREAM -
Centre de Recherche en Economie Appliquée à la Mondialisation
( 194446 )
- 3 avenue Pasteur 76186 Rouen Cedex 1
- France
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Public visé |
Scientifique
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Langue du document |
Anglais
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Vulgarisation |
Non
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Comité de lecture |
Oui
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Audience |
Internationale
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Date de publication |
2022-07
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Volume |
137
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Page/Identifiant |
103576
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Mots-clés |
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Reputation, Shocks, Multinational firms, Activism, Trade, Imports
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DOI | 10.1016/j.jinteco.2022.103576 |
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