David Vogel
Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley
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About David
Vogel’s research has focused on the politics of consumer and environmental regulation in the United States, in other countries, and globally. He has also written on the challenges and limits of global corporate responsibility and has spoken extensively on this subject to academic, student and professional audiences around the world.
Contributions
How Environmental Policies Can Promote Economic Growth
Key Findings Brief,
How the United States Became a Regulatory Laggard
Key Findings Brief,
No Jargon Podcast
In the News
Quoted by Adam Beam and Michael Biesecker in "California Promises Fight to Keep Auto Emission Authority," Associated Press, September 19, 2019.
Quoted by Adam Beam and Michael Biesecker in "California Looks for Ways to Preserve Environmental Clout," KLAS-TV Online, September 19, 2019.
Opinion: "The Trump Administration Wants to End California's Role as an Environmental Innovator," David Vogel, Los Angeles Times, August 3, 2018.
Quoted by Kathleen Maclay in "How the Golden State Got So Green," UC Berkley News, September 14, 2015.
Publications
"The Politics of Precaution: Regulating Health, Safety and Environmental Risks in Europe and the United States" (Princeton University Press, 2012).
Describes and explains why consumer and environmental regulation in Europe became more stringent and innovative than in the United States after 1990.
"The Market for Virtue: The Potential and Limits of Corporate Social Responsibility" (Brookings Institution Press, 2005, paperback 2006).
Critically describes and critically assesses the impact of the movement for global corporate social responsibility on improving corporate practices with respect to labor conditions, environmental protection and human rights.
"Trading Up: Consumer and Environmental Regulation in a Global Economy" (Harvard University Press, 1995).
Examines the often conflicting but at times mutually supportive relationship between trade liberalization and government regulation.