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We identify strong cross-border institutions as a driver for the globalization of in-novation. Using 67 million patents from over 100 patent offices, we introduce novel measures of innovation diffusion and collaboration. Exploiting staggered bilateral in-vestment treaties as shocks to...
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, encompassing incremental reform, institutional reform and fundamental reform. China is perhaps the most influential nation not to …-state arbitration, and yet these provisions have lain dormant. Though still in its infancy, recent developments in China … agreements, China has the potential to assume a leading role in the development of dispute-settlement mechanisms around the globe …
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and can, as such, be seen as development prospects for sub-Saharan Africa where numerous economic integration attempts are … Africa Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC) as a trade bloc. This is an attempt to address that dearth.At a time when … economic integration agreement (EIA) against the background of the existing framework and argues that Central Africa countries …
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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...
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Globally, we are moving towards stronger Intellectual Property Rights. Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) have become an integral part of the regulatory system and they are included in investment, regulations and trade policies. It is now important to understand the linkage between them. Recent...
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The phenomenon of land grab in recent years has drawn the attention of various interests including international organizations, government and civil society. This is because of the speed at which such large scale acquisition are taking place, the nature of most deals and more importantly the...
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Increasingly linked by regional and global ties, national economies depend more than ever on international investments and trade. While trade and investment have become international, however, taxation has remained national, preserving and strengthening one of the few remaining barriers to...
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