The monograph is devoted to key issues on international investment contracts concluded between a host state as a bearer of power and a foreign investor for a specified period and aimed to contribute capital (investment) into the economy of that state. The only type of such agreements referred to...

There are major differences between ex ante corporate investment plans and ex post investments. The case of China is useful for understanding this problem because there is substantial time series and cross sectional variation in the ratio of utilized to contracted FDI (UC ratio), which is less...