Neumayer, Eric; Nunnenkamp, Peter; Roy, Martin - Economic Research and Statistics Division (ERSD), World … - 2014
) and preferential trade agreements (PTAs) that contain investment provisions, we find that the increase in agreements with … stricter provisions on investor-state dispute settlement and pre-establishment national treatment is a contagious process …. Specifically, a developing country is more likely to sign an agreement with weak investment provisions if other developing …