This study examines how national culture affects corporate investment. We argue that national culture affects corporate … investment efficiency through the level of secrecy that national culture exhibits. Using a sample of firms from eight culturally … investment efficiency after controlling for a number of firm- and country-level factors. We also find that the negative relation …

1990 and 2010, the number of investment treaties surged from less than 500 to over 3,000. Through this expansion, foreign … investors gained extensive rights to sue sovereign states directly in arbitration through investment treaty arbitration (ITA … compelling consequences for public interests, transparency in ITA is persistently low. Our study uses predictive modeling to shed …

national enforcers (European Enforcers) that participate in the European Enforcers Coordination Sessions (EECS).Transparency of … financial information is of paramount importance for investment decisions. Considering the significant impact that business …