We study collusion among firms against imperfectly monitored environmental regulation.
Firms increase variable profits by violating regulation and reduce expected noncompliance …

Reputation is critical for building relationships with business customers in the global
marketplace. However, in structurally connected organization configurations, the literature …

We study how corporate scandals affect workers. Following the revelation of misconduct,
employee sentiment decreases sharply and persistently, driven by diminished perceptions …

City reputation is a valuable asset for the local economy and firms in the contemporary
society. However, the impact of city reputation on micro-level firms has been largely …

This paper embeds the decision to invest in abatement technology in a social dilemma
game while endogenizing the probability of environmental hazard. Both the model and a …

The transition to a green economy strongly depends on the existence of appropriate
economic incentives for agents. The loan market for car purchases is a paradigmatic …

Nearly a decade after the 2015 emissions scandal, Volkswagen has transitioned from
marketing deceptive 'clean engine cars' to becoming a major player in the electrification of …

This paper contributes to the literature on how firms change their advertising strategies after
a corporate scandal by providing both a theoretical model and an empirical evaluation …

Consumer subsidies are common policies to foster growth in emerging green industries,
such as the electric vehicle (EV) industry. Ideally, such policies can expand the market and …

With more than 3 million new passenger cars sold every year, Germany's automobile
industry is a major aimed at reducing transport emissions from cars: diesel bans, rebates for …