We quantify the impact of barriers to international investment, using a novel multi-country dynamic general equilibrium … asset positions. We estimate this gravity equation using recently developed foreign investment data that have been restated … to account for offshore investment and financing vehicles. We show that a parsimonious implementation of the model with …

This paper models a multilateral agreement on investment (MAI) as a coordination device. Multinational enterprises can … invest in any number of countries. Without a multilateral investment agreement, expropriation triggers an investment stop by … less FDI. Our results explain the stylized fact that a multilateral investment agreement was opposed by least developed …

two-period model where foreign investment is subject to domestic regulation and a holdup problem. It shows that ISDS can …

- as opposed to courts in the host country - due to provisions in international investment agreements known as Investor … when ii) foreign investment responds elastically to profit conditions. …

The proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the European Union and the United States of …

Bilateral investment treaties (BITs) have proliferated over the past 50 years such that the number of pairs of … model of world trade and foreign direct investment with three factors, two products, and explicit natural as well as policy … trade and investment costs among multiple countries in the presence of national and multinational firms. The empirical model …

investment reduces the market distortion, it will also make potential compensations larger. Consequently, potential compensations … to a foreign investor do not imply a zero-sum game. ISDS may decrease domestic welfare, in particular if the investment …

development "tier" is actually becoming a reality. Several countries in East Asia have been upgrading production patterns and …