This paper develops an economic theory of international investment agreements, applies it to explain central features … of modern investment treaties, and uses it to address a number of prominent issues in international investment litigation …. The paper argues that investment agreements have a dual function – to overcome international externalities akin to the …

Since the inception of the international investment law system, investment promotion and protection have been the … raison d’être of investment treaties and states have confined their policy space in order to attract foreign investment and … the spotlight as a key component of negotiations on new generation investment agreements around the globe. States and …

A revised and updated version of this paper will appear in a forthcoming special issue of the Journal of World … Investment and Trade. This paper argues that theoretical understandings of backlash against international investment law and …

necessary component of international investment agreements. This brief study offers a complementary account of the right to … a question of: do new treaties that overly safeguard the right to regulate still have a useful purpose as investment …

This paper reviews the relationship between international investment agreements (IIAs) and foreign direct investment … that are particularly relevant to FDI. It then gives an overview of the specific content of investment treaties using a …

international law regulating foreign direct investment (FDI). Reconciliation of international investment law and sustainable … development is part of the current awareness of necessity to broaden interests involved in the international investment regime … sustainable development in the international investment law regime through normative integration of sustainable development or its …

as on the three main growth channels: total factor productivity, physical capital accumulation, and human capital …

as on the three main growth channels: total factor productivity, physical capital accumulation, and human capital …

cut back investment in innovation. Since innovation in the United States determines the evolution of the world … productivity growth slowdown. Motivated by these facts, we provide a model connecting international financial integration and … global productivity growth. The key feature is that the tradable sector is the engine of growth of the economy. Capital flows …