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The economics of investor protection : ISDS versus national treatment : presented at CESifo Area Conference on Global Economy, May 2015
Kohler, Wilhelm; Stähler, Frank - 2016 - Version of February 16, 2016
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011431559
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Investor-State Dispute Settlement and Multinational Firm Behavior
Schjelderup, Guttorm - 2020
This paper shows that Investor-State Dispute Settlements (ISDS) makes multinational firms more aggressive by increasing cost-reducing investments with the aim to enlarge the potential compensation an ISDS provision may offer. While a larger investment reduces the market distortion, it will also...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012823148
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Investor-State Dispute Settlement and Multinational Firm Behavior
Schjelderup, Guttorm - 2020
This paper shows that Investor-State Dispute Settlements (ISDS) makes multinational firms more aggressive by increasing cost-reducing investments with the aim to enlarge the potential compensation an ISDS provision may offer. While a larger investment reduces the market distortion, it will also...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012824528
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Are stricter investment rules contagious? : host country competition for foreign direct investment through international agreements
Neumayer, Eric; Nunnenkamp, Peter; Roy, Martin - 2014
competitive diffusion, namely defensive moves of developing countries concerned about foreign direct investment (FDI) diversion in … countries that compete for FDI from the same developed country have previously signed agreements with similarly weak provisions … FDI-competing developing countries have previously signed with a specific developed source country of FDI. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010253457
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Are stricter investment rules contagious? : host country competition for foreign direct investment through international agreements
Neumayer, Eric; Nunnenkamp, Peter; Roy, Martin - 2014 - Manuscript date: March 10, 2014
competitive diffusion, namely defensive moves of developing countries concerned about foreign direct investment (FDI) diversion in … countries that compete for FDI from the same developed country have previously signed agreements with similarly weak provisions … FDI-competing developing countries have previously signed with a specific developed source country of FDI. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010256289
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Are stricter investment rules contagious? : host country competition for foreign direct investment through international agreements
Neumayer, Eric; Nunnenkamp, Peter; Roy, Martin - 2014 - Manuscript date: March 10, 2014
competitive diffusion, namely defensive moves of developing countries concerned about foreign direct investment (FDI) diversion in … countries that compete for FDI from the same developed country have previously signed agreements with similarly weak provisions … FDI-competing developing countries have previously signed with a specific developed source country of FDI. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012882808
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Are Stricter Investment Rules Contagious? Host Country Competition for Foreign Direct Investment Through International Agreements
Neumayer, Eric; Nunnenkamp, Peter; Roy, Martin - 2016
stricter investment rules, namely defensive moves of developing countries concerned about foreign direct investment (FDI … developing countries that compete for FDI from the same developed country have previously signed agreements with similarly weak … that other FDI-competing developing countries have previously signed with a specific developed source country of FDI …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014137102
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The Economics of Investor Protection : ISDS versus National Treatment
Kohler, Wilhelm - 2019
Investor-state dispute settlements (ISDS) are supposed to protect foreign investors against domestic policies causing “unjustified” harm. This paper scrutinizes the effects of investor-state dispute settlements (ISDS) and national treatment provisions in a two-period model where foreign...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012903484
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A general model of international tax competition with applications
Azacis, Helmuts; Collie, David R. - 2021
A general version of the ZMW model of international tax competition is presented that confirms and extends the results of the existing literature about the choice of tax policy instruments in the symmetric case when the tax externality is positive for both countries. In the asymmetric case when...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013177184
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When the Claim Hits : Bilateral Investment Treaties and Bounded Rational Learning
Skovgaard Poulsen, Lauge N.; Aisbett, Emma - 2012
Using the international investment regime as its point of departure, the paper introduces notions of bounded rationality to the study of economic diplomacy. Through a multi-method approach, it shows that developing countries often ignored the risks of bilateral investment treaties (BITs) until...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014179378