The relocation of automobile production and international investment patterns of major car producers are analyzed in …

The demand of industrialized countries for a multilateral agreement on investment to be negotiated under the roof of … foreign direct investment (FDI) in developing countries. By contrast, the opponents consider such an agreement to be biased in … the case for a multilateral agreement on investment is not compelling: Investment regulations have been liberalized …

We argue that the trend toward international investment agreements (IIAs) with stricter investment rules is driven by … competitive diffusion, namely defensive moves of developing countries concerned about foreign direct investment (FDI) diversion in … favor of competing host countries. Accounting for spatial dependence in the formation of bilateral investment treaties (BITs …

We argue that the trend toward international investment agreements (IIAs) with stricter investment rules is driven by … competitive diffusion, namely defensive moves of developing countries concerned about foreign direct investment (FDI) diversion in … favor of competing host countries. Accounting for spatial dependence in the formation of bilateral investment treaties (BITs …