Australia and New Zealand provide a unique set of comparators with which to examine similarities and differences in approaches to the regulation of foreign direct investment (FDI). By examining experience with regulation of FDI in these two states we show how they act in the governance space to...

Preferential trade agreements have been criticised for not increasing economic welfare relative to the status quo. In this article, we suggest that even if this is the case, they offer a reasonable form of insurance against possible adverse trade or investment policies in the future. In...

Interest has recently been reignited in the question of foreign ownership and the regulation of foreign direct investment into Australia. This paper briefly outlines macroeconomic and political factors that make continued regulation of foreign direct investment (FDI) highly likely, perhaps even...