order to improve their chances in the worldwide competition for foreign direct investment (FDI). However, the effectiveness … of BITs in inducing higher FDI inflows is still open to debate. It is in several ways that we attempt to clarify the … previously unpublished dataset on bilateral FDI flows. Furthermore, we account for unilateral FDI liberalization, in order not to …

order to improve their chances in the worldwide competition for foreign direct investment (FDI). However, the effectiveness … of BITs in inducing higher FDI inflows is still open to debate. It is in several ways that we attempt to clarify the … extensive dataset on bilateral FDI flows. Furthermore, we account for unilateral FDI liberalization, in order not to …

developing countries and consider foreign direct investment (FDI) as a tool of exploitation. This paper tries to examine … empirically the complex relationship between democracy and FDI in a systematic way, using cross-sectional and panel data analysis …, thereby refuting the hypothesis that political repression fosters FDI. Yet this positive link does not hold for the 1970s …

This paper uses dynamic panel data methods to examine the determinants of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into Central … role in determining the flows of FDI into the CEECs and help explain the different attractiveness for FDI of the individual …

-facto exchange rate regime for FDI flows. We find a strong and significant effect from fixed rates on bilateral FDI flows in … exchange rates on FDI. We provide several possible explanations for this difference. …

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) can be a valuable tool for development. However, not all forms of FDI are equally … beneficial for the host country. The paper analyses the characteristics and determinants of FDI in a typical developing country …: Ghana. Moreover, key policy areas are indicated, in order to enable Ghana both to attract more FDI and to increase the …

claims by investors on FDI flows to the responding host country. We study this question using a comprehensive dataset of FDI … compensation claims against a host on inward FDI flows from BIT-partner and non-partner countries. Focusing on these differences … control for unobserved changes in the host-country investment climate. We find that BITs stimulate bilateral FDI flows from …

The previous literature provides a highly ambiguous picture on the impact of trade and investment agreements on FDI … of modalities on the admission of FDI and dispute settlement mechanisms in both RTAs and BITs on bilateral FDI flows … between 1978 and 2004. We find that FDI reacts positively to RTAs only if they offer liberal admission rules. Dispute …

investment treaties as a possible determinant of BIT-related effects on bilateral FDI flows. Our estimation results prove to be … dispute settlement provisions do not necessarily result in higher FDI inflows so that the effectiveness of BITs as a credible …