India has a long history of economic linkages with the EU member states. In recent period, the volumes of Indo-EU trade both in case of merchandise products and services have considerably increased and a number of investment collaboration opportunities are emerging. Since 2007 the two sides are...

Einer der wesentlichen Streitpunkte zwischen den USA und der EU bei der Aushandlung des Transatlantischen Freihandelsabkommens sind die Regelungen zum Investitionsschutz. Dies soll eigentlich Investoren davor schützen, durch veränderte rechtliche Rahmenbedingungen Verluste zu erleiden. Es...

While to an economist, business person or policy maker, movement of goods, services and foreign direct investment should logically be covered in the same agreement, history has not allowed this to happen. International legal regimes are spinning into greater fragmentation as the number of...

The paper uses a comprehensive data set with bilateral direct investment flows and establishes the influence of the de-facto exchange rate regime for FDI flows. We find a strong and significant effect from fixed rates on bilateral FDI flows in developed economies, but no significant effect for...