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A Linder Hypothesis for Foreign Direct Investment

Fajgelbaum, Pablo; Grossman, Gene; Helpman, Elhanan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

We study patterns of FDI in a multi-country world economy. First, we present evidence for a broad sample of countries … that firms direct FDI disproportionately to markets with income levels similar to their home market. Then we develop a …-driven and the decision to serve foreign countries via exports or FDI depends on a proximity-concentration trade-off. We …

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Foreign Trade and Investment: Firm-Level Perspectives

Helpman, Elhanan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

This Economica Coase Lecture reviews research that has revolutionized the field of international trade and foreign direct investment. It explains the motivation behind the development of new analytical frameworks, the nature of these frameworks, and the empirical studies that sprouted from them.

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Export versus FDI

Helpman, Elhanan; Melitz, Marc J; Yeaple, Stephen R - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003

firms to serve foreign markets either through exports or local subsidiary sales (FDI). These modes of market access involve … serve the overseas market via FDI. The Paper then explores several implications of the individual firms’ decisions for … aggregate export and FDI sales relative to the domestic and foreign market sizes. In particular, it is shown that firm level …

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Contractual Frictions and Global Sourcing

Antras, Pol; Helpman, Elhanan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

reduce the relative prevalence of FDI or foreign outsourcing. The impact on the composition of offshoring depends on whether …

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The legal framework applicable to joint interpretive agreements of investment treaties

Gaukrodger, David - 2016

Governments have been examining the potential role of joint government interpretations of investment treaties at OECD-hosted intergovernmental investment roundtables. Now well-established in the model BITs and treaty practice of the NAFTA governments, express provisions for such joint...

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State-to-state dispute settlement and the interpretation of investment treaties

Gaukrodger, David - 2016

Many governments have expressed concerns about the uncertainty linked to the perceived inconsistency of treaty interpretation in Investor-State dispute settlement (ISDS). An OECD-hosted intergovernmental investment roundtable has been considering a range of tools through which governments can...

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Investment treaties and shareholder claims : analysis of treaty practice

Gaukrodger, David - 2014

Advanced systems of domestic corporate law generally apply a “no reflective loss” principle to shareholder claims. Shareholder claims are permitted for direct injury to shareholder rights (such as voting rights). But shareholders generally cannot bring claims for reflective loss incurred as...

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Investment treaties and shareholder claims for reflective loss : insights from advanced systems of corporate law

Gaukrodger, David - 2014

Corporate law in advanced domestic legal systems on the one hand, and typical treaties for the protection of foreign investment on the other hand, treat claims for damages by company shareholders differently. Advanced domestic systems generally bar shareholders from claiming for reflective loss...

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The balance between investor protection and the right to regulate in investment treaties : a scoping paper

Gaukrodger, David - 2017

There is vigorous debate about reforms to address the balance between investor protection and the right to regulate in the over 3000 existing investment treaties. This paper first notes the growing trend to analyse particular treaty rules rather than treaties as a whole and the importance of...

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Addressing the balance of interests in investment treaties : the limitation of fair and equitable treatment provisions to the minimum standard of treatment under customary internat...

Gaukrodger, David - 2017

The fair and equitable treatment (FET) provision has leapt to prominence in the last 15 years as the principal ground of liability at issue in many if not most investment treaty arbitration claims. In debates about the impact of investment treaties on the right to regulate, FET is second only to...

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