The monograph is devoted to key issues on international investment contracts concluded between a host state as a bearer … of power and a foreign investor for a specified period and aimed to contribute capital (investment) into the economy of … constitutive features of international investment agreements. It is shown that such contracts regulate not only private law, but …

Introduction to International Investment Policy and Rationale for an Interdisciplinary Approach / J Anthony VanDuzer …, Patrick Leblond, and Stephen Gelb -- Trade and Foreign Direct Investment in the 21st Century / Ari Van Assche -- Actors … Investment and International Investment Agreements / Eugene Beaulieu and Kelly O'Neill -- Attracting Foreign Direct Investment …

Introduction to International Investment Policy and Rationale for an Interdisciplinary Approach / J Anthony VanDuzer …, Patrick Leblond, and Stephen Gelb -- Trade and Foreign Direct Investment in the 21st Century / Ari Van Assche -- Actors … Investment and International Investment Agreements / Eugene Beaulieu and Kelly O'Neill -- Attracting Foreign Direct Investment …

-- 1. Introduction -- Part I. Economic Development and Private Foreign Investment -- 2. Economic Development and Foreign … Capital -- 3. Obstacles to Private Foreign Investment -- 4. Necessity for State Guarantees -- 5. Form of State Promises -- 6 …

markets. Investment disputes may deter foreign investors as they reveal a government’s poor behavior towards foreign investors … bilateral investment treaties and political risk. …

We analyze the effect of bilateral investment treaties (BITs) on bilateral foreign portfolio investment in equity and … countries receive 40% more bilateral equity investment when they protect foreign investors with a BIT. This effect almost … doubles when investment protection of BITs is strong, and the political risk of the host country is high. …