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Human Rights and International Investment Protection: Why History Should Matter in the Making of International Investment Agreements by Developing Countries

Groningen Journal of International Law
The international investment protection regime was established to provide legal certainty and protection for foreign investors while also fostering economic cooperation with host States.
Prince Uche Amadi, Temple Damiari
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EMU and trade: The euro effect on the agricultural sector

Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper uses a structural gravity model to examine the partial equilibrium effects of the European Monetary Union (EMU) on trade for the agricultural sector. We find robust evidence that EMU has increased trade both between members and between EMU and non‐EMU member countries. This positive link is found in most member countries.
Silviano Esteve‐Pérez, Sergio Gil‐Martorell, Salvador Gil‐Pareja   +2 more
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FDI Promotion through Bilateral Investment Treaties More Than a Bit [PDF]

Policymakers in developing countries have increasingly pinned their hopes on bilateral investment treaties (BITs) in order to improve their chances in the worldwide competition for foreign direct investment (FDI).
Busse, Matthias, Nunnenkamp, Peter, Königer, Jens   +2 more
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Regional Trade Agreements and International R&D Spillovers: Implications for Developing Countries

The Developing Economies, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We provide new evidence on heterogeneous international research and development (R&D) spillovers from partners of regional trade agreements (RTAs) and non‐partners using a sample of 45 economies in the period 1995–2017. We construct separate R&D stocks for RTA partners and non‐partners and find that spillovers from RTA partners are stronger ...
Yukiko Sawada, Rinki Ito, Naoto Jinji
wiley   +1 more source

Do the European Union's bilateral investment treaties matter? The way forward after Lisbon. CEPS Working Document No. 333, July 2010 [PDF]

, 2010
This working paper addresses a number of policy-relevant issues regarding the EU’s bilateral investment treaties (BITS), namely, whether the EU’s BITs have a significantly positive impact on outflows; and which member states and which BIT partners have ...
Guerin, Selen.
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Reimagining State Aid: Guiding Law and Policy Reform in a Changing World

European Law Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT EU state aid law has shifted fundamentally from an originally purely repressive tool to a proactive steering mechanism for critical EU goals today. This paper argues that the current legal framework in Article 107 TFEU is gravely misaligned with this new function.
Thomas Jaeger
wiley   +1 more source

The Politics of Foreign Direct Investment in Authoritarian Regimes [PDF]

, 2013
Existing scholarship does not account for why foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows have been increasing to many authoritarian countries in recent decades, with some authoritarian developing countries attracting levels of FDI similar to those in ...
Bastiaens, Ida
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Financial Information Engendering Trust in Social Partnership

Financial Accountability &Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Financial tools and information have been utilized in the implementation of government plans, strategies, and policies, including collective bargaining between unions, government, and employers. While a small number of studies have examined the use of financial information in collective bargaining at the firm level, little is known about its ...
Peter Cleary, Martin Quinn, Brid Murphy, Stewart Smyth, Bibek Bhatta   +4 more
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THE FATE OF INVESTMENT DISPUTE RESOLUTION AFTER THE ACHMEA DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE

Revista Eletrônica de Direito Processual, 2018
This article explores the contents and consequences of the Achmea judgment recently given by the European Court of Justice (6 March 2018, case C-284/16). In its first part, the article analyses the judgment from a European point of view.
Burkhard Hess
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In defense of bilateral investment treaties

Arbitration International, 2015
Anglo-Iranian Oil Co, United Kingdom v Iran , Judgment, Jurisdiction, ICGJ 188 (ICJ 1952) Permanent sovereignty over natural resources, United Nations General Assembly Resolution 1803 (XVII) (1962)Charter of Economic Rights and Duties of States, United Nations General Assembly Resolution 3281 (XXIX) (1974)(ICSID) Convention on the Settlement of ...
openaire   +2 more sources