Government-controlled investors, including state-owned enterprises and sovereign wealth funds, have greatly expanded their international activities in recent years. This paper describes the existing policy landscape of international investments by government-controlled investors under both...

Staatsfonds sind während der Finanzkrise ins Zentrum der öffentlichen Diskussion gerückt, indem sie in westliche Unternehmen investiert haben und zum Teil grosse Beteiligungen erwerben konnten. Staatsfonds sind jedoch keine neuartigen Konstrukte, sondern existieren bereits seit über 50...

The global crises of the early 21st century that have tested the international financial architecture. In seeking to ensure stability, governments have regulated financial and capital markets. This in turn has implicated international investment law, which investors have invoked as a shield...

International investment agreements employ dispute settlement procedures that differ markedly from their counterparts in trade agreements along three key dimensions: standing (i.e., the right to file grievances), the nature of the remedy, and the remedial period. In the state-to-state dispute...

International investment agreements employ dispute settlement procedures that differ markedly from their counterparts in trade agreements along three key dimensions: standing (i.e., the right to file grievances), the nature of the remedy, and the remedial period. In the state-to-state dispute...

International investment agreements employ dispute settlement procedures that differ markedly from their counterparts in trade agreements along three key dimensions: standing (i.e., the right to file grievances), the nature of the remedy, and the remedial period. In the state-to-state dispute...

International investment agreements employ dispute settlement procedures that differ markedly from their counterparts in trade agreements. We develop parallel models of trade and investment agreements and employ them to study these differences. We find that many of the observed differences can...