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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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Regulatory chill and the effect of investor state dispute settlements
Janeba, Eckhard - 2016
Legal conflicts between multinational firms and host governments are often decided by international arbitration panels - as opposed to courts in the host country - due to provisions in international investment agreements known as Investor State Dispute Settlements (ISDS). Critics fear that ISDS...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011565569
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Transatlantic free trade : the view point of Germany
Felbermayr, Gabriel; Aichele, Rahel - 2014
America would be the largest preferential trade agreement in the world. Encompassing almost half of world GDP, it will have …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010469280
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012271775
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Multilateral investment agreement in a political equilibrium
Urban, Dieter M. (contributor) - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003395201
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What determines BITs?
Bergstrand, Jeffrey H.; Egger, Peter - 2011
model of world trade and foreign direct investment with three factors, two products, and explicit natural as well as policy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009230839
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The economics of a multilateral investment agreement
Che, Jiahua; Willmann, Gerald - 2009
regime increases worldwide FDI and raises the world interest rate. Distinguishing three groups of countries, we show that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003808670
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The empirics of China's outward direct investment
Cheung, Yin-Wong; Qian, Xingwang - 2009
We investigate the empirical determinants of China's outward direct investment (ODI). It is found that China … developed and developing countries, there is evidence that a) both market seeking and resources seeking motives drive China …'s ODI, b) the Chinese exports to developing countries induce China's ODI, c) China's international reserves promote its ODI …
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China's outward FDI : an industry-level analysis of host country determinants
Amighini, Alessia; Rabellotti, Roberta; Sanfilippo, Marco - 2011
motivations are relevant for both manufacturing and services. -- China ; foreign direct investment ; internationalization ; trade …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009489293
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Foreign direct investment and regional inequality : a panel data analysis
Lessmann, Christian - 2012 - This version: November 2012
Chinese case is analyzed as an introductory example. FDI has increased regional inequalities in China after the economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009687189