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Champions of protection? A Text-as-data analysis of the bilateral investment treaties of GCC countries

International Review of Law, 2016
Through the lens of state-of-the-art text-as-data techniques, this article examines the bilateral investment treaty (BIT) practice of the member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). The analysis unveils two critical trends. First, GCC states are
Wolfgang Alschner, Dmitriy Skougarevskiy, Mengyi Wang   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Soft Power in Trade: Quantifying the Impact of Confucius Institutes on China's Exports

International Studies of Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates the role of Confucius Institutes (CIs) as a form of China's cultural diplomacy and their impact on international trade, particularly exports. Using a gravity model, we analyze data from 1990 to 2019 across countries, finding that the presence of CIs significantly boosts China's exports.
Renjing Chen, Wei Jin, Tangrui Yang
wiley   +1 more source

Examining New Donors in the OECD's Development Assistance Committee

Journal of International Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT How do emerging donors integrate into the existing international aid architecture? While the existing literature focuses largely on emerging donors from the Global South, such as Brazil, China, India and Russia, there are many emerging donors from the Global North that have joined the OECD's Development Assistance Committee (DAC)—the premier ...
Nicolas Bau, Simone Dietrich, Katharina Fleiner, Alice Iannantuoni   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Characteristics of the FDI legal regime in the EU law [PDF]

Zbornik Radova Pravnog Fakulteta u Nišu, 2014
Once the Lisbon Treaty entered into force on 1 January 2009, the regulatory competences over Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) were transferred from the Member States to the European Union.
Ćirić Aleksandar Lj., Cvetković Predrag N.   +1 more
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From traditional knowledge to market: A pathway for ethical commercialisation of Indigenous food products

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Global legal frameworks seek to ensure that benefits arising from the use of biological resources are shared fairly, yet their practical application—particularly where plant materials and Indigenous knowledge are involved—remains challenging. This article presents a case study modelling a pathway for ethical research and commercialisation of Indigenous
Jessica Cartwright, Jocelyn Bosse, Madonna Thomson, Yasmina F. Sultanbawa, Michael E. Netzel, Olivia R. L. Wright   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Protection Bilateral Investment Treaty as Treaty of International Discussion Resolution Supporting Indonesia Reform

Substantive Justice International Journal of Law
The implementation of the Bilateral Investment Treaty in Indonesia with foreign investors must still pay attention to the existence of Indonesian state sovereignty.
Ayup Suran Ningsih, Aprila Niravita, Ali Masyhar, Suhadi Suhadi, Muhammad Sayuti Bin Hassan, Dewi Sulistianingsih, Muchammad Shidqon Prabowo, Asmarani Ramli, Bayangsari Wedhatami, Ferra Tiara Maharani, Harumsari Puspa Wardhani   +10 more
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Investor-state arbitration and SA's bilateral investment treaty policy framework review [PDF]

, 2009
Mandela Institute Working paper.Contribution to the DTI's review of South Africa’s bilateral investment treaty (BIT) policy ...
Klaaren, J, Schneiderman, D
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Advancing Sustainable Industrialization Under SDG 9: The Role of Financial Globalization and Income Inequality

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates how income inequality and financial globalization shape sustainable industrialization across 87 countries over 2000–2022, using the SDG 9 composite index as the outcome and the Method of Moments Quantile Regression (MMQR) to capture heterogeneous effects.
Özge Kozal, Daniel Balsalobre‐Lorente
wiley   +1 more source

Targeted Trade Policy Instruments and Climate Change Mitigation: The Case of Environmental Provisions in Trade Agreements

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the effect of including environmental provisions (EPs) in preferential trade agreements (PTAs) on climate change mitigation and explores whether these effects vary based on the heterogeneity of the EPs. Our analysis combines country‐level data on climate change mitigation with details on 300 types of EPs in 775 trade ...
Petros Suzgo Kayovo Mkandawire, Dela‐Dem Doe Fiankor, Bernhard Brümmer   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Investment provisions in trade and investment treaties: the need for reform [PDF]

, 2015
This repository item contains a policy brief from the Boston University Global Economic Governance Initiative. The Global Economic Governance Initiative (GEGI) is a research program of the Center for Finance, Law & Policy, the Frederick S.
Gallagher, Kevin P., Porterfield, Matthew C., Van Harten, Gus   +2 more
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