Introduction : China, the EU, the EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment, and International Investment Dispute Settlement -- Analyzing the State-to-State Dispute Settlement System in the EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment -- Analyzing the mechanism to address differences...

This paper scrutinizes the effects of investor-state dispute settlements (ISDS) and national treatment provisions in a two-period model where foreign investment is subject to domestic regulation and a holdup problem. It shows that ISDS can mitigate the holdup problem and increases aggregate...

While there is an extensive amount of literature on the noodle bowl of agreements in Asia, the majority of studies exclusively focus on trade (in goods). So far, little emphasis has been placed on the proliferation of international investment treaties (IIAs). Given the significance of IIAs, it...