This paper investigates the role of structural reforms - privatization, financial reform and trade liberalization as determinants of FDI inflows based on newly constructed dataset on structural reforms for 19 Latin American and 25 Eastern European countries between 1989 and 2004. Our main...

This paper investigates the role of structural reforms - privatization, financial reform and trade liberalization - as determinants of FDI inflows based on newly constructed dataset on structural reforms for 19 Latin American and 25 Eastern European countries between 1989 and 2004. Our main...

This paper investigates the role of structural reforms - privatization, financial reform and trade liberalization - as determinants of FDI inflows based on newly constructed dataset on structural reforms for 19 Latin American and 25 Eastern European countries between 1989 and 2004. Our main...

In this paper, we investigate the extent to which the entry of new foreign firms into a host economy is influenced by location-related factors associated with the economy's business environment, specially its agglomeration economies and labor market composition. To analyze this dynamic as it...

The growing stock of foreign investments by sovereign wealth funds and state-owned enterprises poses regulatory challenges to the international investment regime. With arbitrators seemingly keen on expanding the jurisdictional scope of investment treaty arbitration to cover a wide range of...

This research reveals the inherent dynamics between the amount of foreign direct investment (FDI) inflow in the host country and its political relationships with other countries. We demonstrate in a two-stage sequential game model that there exists an inverted U-shape relationship between FDI...

In recent years there has been an increase in the number of investor-State arbitrations involving war-torn States. Among other issues, the investors in these claims seek redress for the State's alleged failure to protect against the destruction of property by third parties as required under the...

The emergence of global value chains not only leads to a magnification of trade in intermediate inputs but also to an extensive technology diffusion among the different production units involved in arms-length relationships. In this context, the lack of enforcement of intellectual property...

Germany is a large source country for investment and technology transfer into India and Indian investments in Germany are also growing overtime. The two countries have investment complementarities and, therefore, there is scope to enhance bilateral investments flows. However, there are many...