RESPGLOB ANR project 

• Our team of 6 economists received a 2024-2028 grant from the French ANR agency to work on firm responsibility

Michel Fioretti (Sciences Po)

Lionel Fontagné (University of Paris I, on leave at Banque de France)

Pamina Koenig (PI, University of Rouen and PSE, on leave at University of Paris I)

Christian Volpe Martincus (Interamerican Development Bank) 

Jean-Stéphane Mésonnier (Banque de France, on leave in Sciences Po) 

Sandra Poncet (University of Paris I and PSE)

Projects

• • 1. The rise of multinational sourcing in relation to firms' commitments

    2. firm outsourcing, deforestation, and trade

    3. How do consumers' preferences react to reputation shocks? 

    4. Conflicting requirements of consumers in different markets

    5. Firms' financial contracts and their environmental and sourcing commitments 

 General activities within the ANR Grant

Positions filled ! 

• One pre-doc position PSE 

• One post-doc position PSE - University of Rouen  

Project 1 The rise of multinational sourcing in relation to firms' commitments

• Yash Tyagi (PSE, M2 APE) worked with us as an R.A. to gather CSR data. 

•  Historical database is being built on CASD. 

• Jiancong Liu recruited as a postdoctoral fellow since September 2025

Project 2 Firm outsourcing, deforestation, and certification 

• Joint project between Michele Fioretti, Pamina Koenig, Johanna Isman, Christian Volpe Martincus. 

• Christoph Oberthur joined as a PhD student on this project ! 

Project 3 How do consumers' preferences react to reputation shocks about firms? 

Sales Data being used to analyze whether consumers were reactive to the Rana Plaza shock.

• Jing Hang (PSE, M2 APE) worked with us as an R.A. on the Factiva database until January 2025. 

Project 4 Conflicting requirements of consumers in different markets

• Recruited a PhD student on sanctions in the apparel industry +  firm outsourcing cotton in China:

Andrea Pisetta working with us on the project. 

Project 5 Firms' financial contracts and their environmental and sourcing commitments

• recruited a R.A. to work at Sciences Po with Jean-Stéphane Mesonnier

• Clément Mazet joined us (assistant prof, Bocconi). 

• Christoph Oberthur joined us (M2 student, PSE).