The aim of this paper is to analyze the influence of the Qualified Foreign Institutional Investors (QFII) scheme announcement on the Chinese A- and B-share markets, using an event study method with the GARCH (Generalized Autoregressive Conditional Heteroskedasticity) process. The results...

Using event study methodology, we investigate whether bilateral investment protection treaties afford protection to foreign investors. Examining arbitral decisions for firms from six countries shows that firms that received awards from arbitrators gained in market value by as much as 3%. Per...