This paper explores foreign engagements of socialist enterprises in non-socialist countries during the late stage of … socialism in Central Europe. It shows that, contrary to popular belief, phenomena such as Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and … incentivizing managers to pursue foreign activities, or the considerable autonomy of the enterprise in its foreign operations …

Over the past decade, the global adoption of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) screening mechanisms (ISMs) has surged …

We analyze the effect of bilateral investment treaties (BITs) on bilateral foreign portfolio investment in equity and … countries receive 40% more bilateral equity investment when they protect foreign investors with a BIT. This effect almost …