ABSTRACT
Inspired by the controversial debate in the EU about legal initiatives to protect human rights and the environment along supply chains (eg, the CSDDD), this paper examines individual preferences for different designs of supply chain laws that are stricter than the current national legislation. Our econometric analysis is based on data from a representative online survey of 507 citizens in Germany that especially included a stated choice experiment. Our estimation results show that individuals in Germany, on average, have a significantly positive preference for stricter supply chain laws compared to the existing national Supply Chain Act. In addition, the majority of the respondents expect positive sustainability impacts of supply chain laws, while there is ambiguity in the perceptions of whether the economic consequences are predominantly negative. In addition, citizens’ preferences for stricter supply chain laws strongly depend on political identification.
Engler, Daniel and Gleue, Marvin and Gutsche, Gunnar and Möller, Sophia and Schomberg, Sabrina and Hornung, Gerrit and Ziegler, Andreas, Do Individuals Prefer Stricter Supply Chain Laws? Empirical Evidence from Germany. Posted to SSRN 21 August 2025.
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