逐底竞争（英语：Race to the bottom），又译向下沉沦，指的是一种政府放松对商业环境的管制以及降低税率，目的是增加各自国家或地区的经济活力和投资吸引力[1]。
政府这种放松管制的做法降低了企业的经营成本，因而位于劳动力成本较高、环境标准较严或税收较高的国家/地区的企业可能会迁移至监管较少的国家和地区，这反过来又使劳动力成本较高的国家试图降低监管，借此希望该国的企业能继续留在境内，这会推动各国竞相降低最低监管标准[2]。
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- ^ C.W. Racing to the bottom. The Economist. 27 November 2013 [15 March 2016]. （原始内容存档于2018-02-24）.
But the race to the bottom operates more subtly than most people suppose. The regressions suggest that while countries do compete with each other by instituting laws that are unfriendly to workers, such competition is not that pronounced. The real problem is that countries compete by enforcing labour laws less vigorously than they might—leading to increases in violations of labour rights prescribed in local laws. Competition between countries to attract investment is less in rules than in their practical application.
- ^ “The Politics of Multinational Corporations.” International Political Economy, by Thomas Oatley, 6th ed., Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2019, pp. 183–207.