The demand of industrialized countries for a multilateral agreement on investment to be negotiated under the roof of … foreign direct investment (FDI) in developing countries. By contrast, the opponents consider such an agreement to be biased in … favor of business interests and against the development objectives of Third World economies. It is for various reasons that …

We argue that the trend toward international investment agreements (IIAs) with stricter investment rules is driven by … competitive diffusion, namely defensive moves of developing countries concerned about foreign direct investment (FDI) diversion in … favor of competing host countries. Accounting for spatial dependence in the formation of bilateral investment treaties (BITs …

We argue that competitive diffusion is a driver of the trend toward international investment agreements (IIAs) with … stricter investment rules, namely defensive moves of developing countries concerned about foreign direct investment (FDI …) diversion in favor of competing host countries. Accounting for spatial dependence in the formation of bilateral investment …