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Arbitrator Behaviour in Asymmetrical Adjudication (Part Two) : An Examination of Hypotheses of Bias in Investment Treaty Arbitration
Van Harten, Gus - 2016
This article reports on a study of potential systemic bias in the resolution of ambiguous legal issues by investment … arbitrators or in secondary literature. The findings clearly supported initial expectations of systemic bias arising from unique … findings, some not raising concerns of inappropriate bias. Broadly, the findings lend support to perceptions that the design of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013000492
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The Granular Trade and Production Activities (GRANTPA) database
Bradley, Sebastien; Mendoza, Javier Flórez; Larch, Mario; … - 2024
Eurostat's Comext and Prodcom databases. A gravity application delivers a large set of product-level 'home bias' estimates …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014541847
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Predicting Outcomes in Investment Treaty Arbitration
Franck, Susan D. - 2016
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Legal Obstacles to International Investments in Venezuela and Anti-Corruption Policy
Fach Gómez, Katia - 2018
This article begins by presenting some recent statistical data on rule of law, investment, and corruption in Venezuela. It focuses afterwards on analysing the 2014 Venezuelan Anti-Corruption Law, and it develops various arguments that may lead to question this Law´s real objectives from an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012934597
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International Investment Agreements and Foreign Direct Investment : A Survey
Egger, Peter H.; Pirotte, Alain; Titi, Catharine - 2023
This paper reviews the relationship between international investment agreements (IIAs) and foreign direct investment (FDI). It is organised in two parts. The first part explores the generic structure of IIAs and highlights the components that are particularly relevant to FDI. It then gives an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014344240
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Using Sentiment Surveys to Predict GDP Growth and Stock Returns
Guzman, Giselle - 2012
This study sheds new light on the question of whether or not sentiment surveys, and the expectations derived from them, are relevant to forecasting economic growth and stock returns, and whether they contain information that is orthogonal to macroeconomic and financial data. I examine 16...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013110732
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Corruption manual for beginners : "corruption techniques" in public procurement with examples from Hungary
Fazekas, Mihály; Tóth, István János; King, Lawrence P. - 2013
This paper develops 30 novel quantitative indicators of grand corruption that operationalize 20 distinct techniques of corruption in the context of public procurement. Each indicator rests on a thorough qualitative understanding of rent extraction from public contracts by corrupt networks as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010209048
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Do peacekeepers contain conflict? : insights from spatially disaggregated data
Beber, Bernd - 2021
Mission-level data strongly suggests that peacekeeping operations offer a path toward conflict reduction. Recently available spatially disaggregated intra-mission data tells a more complex story. Peacekeepers are deployed, within missions, to where violence strikes, and they can prevent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012792514
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The (economic) effects of lay participation in courts : a cross-country analysis
Voigt, Stefan - 2008
Legal philosophers like Montesquieu, Hegel and Tocqueville have argued that lay participation in judicial decision-making would have benefits reaching far beyond the realm of the legal system narrowly understood. From an economic point of view, lay participation in judicial decision-making can...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003865862
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The (Economic) Effects of Lay Participation in Courts - A Cross-Country Analysis
Voigt, Stefan - 2021
Legal philosophers like Montesquieu, Hegel and Tocqueville have argued that lay participation in judicial decision-making would have benefits reaching far beyond the realm of the legal system narrowly understood. From an economic point of view, lay participation in judicial decision-making can...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316487