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The economics of investor protection : ISDS versus national treatment : presented at CESifo Area Conference on Global Economy, May 2015

Kohler, Wilhelm; Stähler, Frank - 2016 - Version of February 16, 2016

This paper scrutinizes the effects of investor-state dispute settlements (ISDS) and national treatment provisions in a two-period model where foreign investment is subject to domestic regulation and a holdup problem. It shows that ISDS can mitigate the holdup problem and increases aggregate...

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Investor-state dispute settlement and multinational firm behavior

Schjelderup, Guttorm; Stähler, Frank - 2020

This paper shows that Investor-State Dispute Settlements (ISDS) makes multinational firms more aggressive by increasing cost-reducing investments with the aim to enlarge the potential compensation an ISDS provision may offer. While a larger investment reduces the market distortion, it will also...

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Transatlantic free trade : the view point of Germany

Felbermayr, Gabriel; Aichele, Rahel - 2014

The proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the European Union and the United States of …-state dispute settlement and argue that the TTIP will have discriminatory effects on at least some third countries. However …, regulatory councils are important ingredients of the deal as they guarantee that the TTIP will indeed influence the setting of …

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Atlantic versus Pacific agreement in agri-food sectors : does the winner take it all?

Disdier, Anne-Célia; Emlinger, Charlotte; Fouré, Jean - 2015 - This version: July 27, 2015

Partnership (TTIP) and Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) discussions. Using a general equilibrium model, we assess the potential …

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U.S. multinationals and preferential market access

Blanchard, Emily; Matschke, Xenia - 2012

This paper examines the relationship between offshoring activity by U.S. multinational firms and the structure of U.S trade preferences. We combine firm level panel data on U.S. foreign affiliate activity from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) with detailed measures of U.S. trade...

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Going deep : the trade and welfare effects of TTIP

Aichele, Rahel; Felbermayr, Gabriel J.; Heiland, Inga - 2014

and Investment Partnership (TTIP). We use a multi-country, multi-industry Ricardian trade model with national and … flow elasticities of trade costs and of existing PTAs. We simulate the trade, value added, and welfare effects of the TTIP …

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Membership has its privileges : the effect of membership in international organizations on FDI

Dreher, Axel; Mikosch, Heiner; Voigt, Stefan - 2010

We argue that membership in International Organizations (IOs) is an important determinant of FDI inflows. To the extent that membership restricts a country from pursuing policies that are harmful to investors, it can signal low political risk. Using data over the 1971-2005 period, we find that...

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Politics and trade policy : an empirical investigation

Eicher, Theo S.; Osang, Thomas - 2001

In this paper we examine the empirical relevance of three prominent endogenous protection models. Is protection for sale, or do altruistic policy makers worry about political support? We find strong evidence that protection is indeed for sale. The important new result is, however, that not only...

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World price shocks, income, and democratization

Zissimos, Benjamin - 2015

This paper shows how a world price shock can increase the likelihood that democratization must be used to resolve the threat of revolution. Initially, a ruling elite may be able to use trade policy to maintain political stability. But a world price shock can push the country into a situation...

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A theory of trade policy under dictatorship and democratization

Zissimos, Benjamin - 2017

This paper develops a new model of trade policy under dictatorship and democratization. The paper makes two contributions. One is to provide a deeper understanding of the relationship between political institutions and economic efficiency by studying the endogenous interaction between the form...

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