Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a transnational and multi-sectoral issue that requires global collective action, since individual states cannot fully address the threat that migrating “superbugs” pose to their citizens. Understanding the underlying global market and governance failures...

This chapter will study the evolution of India's approach to bilateral investment treaties (BITs) since her independence in 1947. The chapter will trace this evolution by dividing the time period from 1947 to date in three phases. In the first phase, from 1947 till end of 1990, India didn't...

This paper analyzes the impacts of selected trade facilitation measures on international trade flows. A gravity model is used to estimate four equations: a pooled cross-section model; a fixed-effects model; a random effects model; and a Poisson maximum likelihood estimator. The contribution of...

We study the impact of government expropriation risk on the terms of cross-border syndicated loans. By comparing loans by foreign lenders from countries covered by bilateral investment treaties (BITs) to loans from non-covered countries, we isolate and quantify the impact of strengthening...

This paper focuses on the institutional arrangements needed for facilitating regional electricity cooperation. The paper begins by discussing the theory of international trade cooperation in electricity, with a view to discussing what preconditions might be important in facilitating wide area...

This paper assesses the impact of water supply variability on treaty cooperation between international bilateral river basin riparian states. Climate change is anticipated to change the variability of water supply, as well as its expected magnitude. Previous studies have focused mainly on water...