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Economics of international investment agreements

Journal of International Economics, 2021
Abstract Nearly 2700 international investment agreements protect foreign investment against host country policies. This paper analyzes the design and implications of their contentious provisions regarding regulatory expropriations. It derives conditions under which “carve-out” compensation mechanisms, similar to those in actual agreements, solve ...
Henrik Horn, Thomas Tangerås
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International Investment Agreements, 2015–2016

2017
This chapter considers developments in 2015 and 2016 that illustrate trends and features in recent treaty drafting. It first discusses the expanded awareness of, and interest in, the investment regime that has emerged in recent years, followed by the role of ratification in the context of investment treaty drafting and policy.
Coleman Jesse, Johnson Lise, Sachs Lisa, Gupta Kanika   +3 more
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International Investment Agreements: 'Inside and Outside Agreements'

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2019
International investment agreements (IIAs) are of great importance to investors, or at least they should be, to investors who want to be knowledgeable about how IIAs can protect against risks. Types of agreements that this article will look at are the following: 1. Bilateral investment treaties; 2. Bilateral Free trade agreements; 3. Regional free
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Institutions sans Frontières: International Agreements and Foreign Investment [PDF]

Academy of Management Proceedings, 2012
Do international institutions – institutions that transcend country borders– reduce MNEs’ political risk?
Srividya Jandhyala, Robert J Weiner
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Do International Investment Agreements promote Foreign Direct Investment?

International Journal of Trade and Global Markets, 2011
The main objective of this study is to empirically evaluate the influences of IIAs on FDI patterns in the developing countries. Our study primarily focuses on the effects of four types of international instruments: Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs), the avoidance of Double Taxation Treaties (DTTs), Preferential Trade Agreements (PTAs) and World ...
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Carbon Units as ‘Investments’ under International Investment Agreements

2018
Chapter 7 assesses the extent to which carbon units constitute objects subject to the disciplines of international investment law. While carbon units are capable of constituting ‘investments’ where all parties to an international investment agreement define the units as ‘property’ under their domestic legal systems and where an investor has acquired ...
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U. S. International Investment Agreements

2009
Abstract U.S. International Investment Agreements is the definitive interpretative guide to the United States’ bilateral investment treaties (BITs) and free trade agreements (FTAs) with investment chapters. Providing an authoritative look at the development of the BIT program, treatment provisions, expropriation, and other provisions ...
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Arbitration Under International Investment Agreements

2018
Abstract Investor-state arbitration is a form of dispute settlement that allows foreign investors the opportunity to seek compensation for damages or discriminatory practices, most of which arise out of breaches of treaty obligations by the governments of host countries.
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The Control of Investment Risks through International Investment Agreements

2021
Abstract This chapter explores the control of host state investment risks through investor/investment protection standards under International Investment Agreements (IIAs). The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) divides IIAs into two types: bilateral investment treaties (BITs) and treaties with investment ...
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