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Treaty Shopping beim Investorenschutz [PDF]

, 2015
Mit der öffentlichen Debatte um die Transatlantische Handels- und Investitionspartnerschaft (TTIP) ist der Investorenschutz auf der politischen Agenda weit nach oben gerückt.
Klodt, Henning, Lang, Stefanie
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China's instrumentalist greenisation of the new‐generation IIAs

Review of European, Comparative &International Environmental Law, Volume 34, Issue 2, Page 550-565, July 2025.
Abstract In the context of the global trend of greening international investment agreements (IIAs) after Rio+20, China is taking a more active role in greening its IIAs than before, albeit with inconsistent patterns. This article analyses the driving factors for its change after Rio+20 and argues that China's IIA greenisation is instrumentalist at ...
Shixue Hu
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The Court’s Opinion on the EU-Singapore FTA: Throwing off the shackles of mixity? CEPS Policy Insight No 2017/17, May 2017 [PDF]

, 2017
In its landmark Opinion 2/15 the Court of Justice of the European Union concluded that the entire EU-Singapore FTA falls under the exclusive competences of the EU, with the notable exception of portfolio investment and the Investor-State Dispute ...
Van der Loo , Guillaume
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Bilateral investment treaties and sovereign default risk: Evidence for emerging markets

International Journal of Finance &Economics, Volume 30, Issue 2, Page 1803-1830, April 2025.
Abstract This paper analyses the impact of bilateral investment treaties (BITs) on sovereign default risk using monthly data for 29 emerging markets from 1996 to 2016. Under a BIT, foreign investors can use an international arbitration scheme to enforce compensation claims against the host country's government.
Stefan Eichler, Jannik André Nauerth
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Investor-State Dispute Prevention Institutions in Latin America – The Case of Peru

AJIL Unbound
For Peru, the introduction of dispute prevention mechanisms was a consequence of the country's increased openness to foreign investment. Following a severe economic crisis, the government launched several pro-investment reforms in the 1990s.
Ricardo Ampuero Llerena
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Montenegro recap: The standard of fair and equitable treatment (FET) as a catalyst for investment disputes [PDF]

Strani pravni život
The fair and equitable treatment (FET) standard stands for one of the most significant yet debated principles in safeguarding foreign investments. While its wording is often broad and vague, its definition often emerges through arbitral awards based on ...
Tomović Nikolina
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The Epistemology of Corporate Power: The Limits of the Firm–State Analogy

Journal of Applied Philosophy, Volume 42, Issue 1, Page 197-216, February 2025.
ABSTRACT Political theorists frequently utilize the ‘firm–state analogy’ (FSA) to support the arguments for democratic governance in firms. This article presents the FSA as an analogy with both justificatory and epistemic functions. Its justificatory function provides valid justificatory strategies for workplace democracy, while its epistemic function ...
Chi Kwok
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Effects of Investor-State Dispute Settlements (ISDS) on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Flows

Policy Perspectives
This paper assesses how ISDS mechanisms have impacted FDI flows, using quantitative data from more than 100 countries between 2000 and 2020. By applying a differences-in-differences approach combined with a gravity model, it finds that ISDS disputes immediately reduce FDI because of the uncertainty created. At the same time,
Frans Lavdari, Xhulio Lavdari
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Transient Characteristics and Operation Regulation of Grid‐Connected Variable Speed Pumped Storage‐Wind‐Solar Hybrid Power System

Energy Science &Engineering, Volume 13, Issue 1, Page 416-433, January 2025.
Grid‐connected variable speed pumped storage‐wind‐solar hybrid power system. ABSTRACT This article investigates the transient characteristics and operation regulation of grid‐connected variable speed pumped storage (VSPS)‐wind‐solar hybrid power system (HPS). Firstly, the model of grid‐connected VSPS‐wind‐solar HPS is established.
Yanhao Li, Fanchao Song, Wencheng Guo
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Negotiating healthy trade in Australia: health impact assessment of the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement [PDF]

, 2015
Drawing on leaked texts of potential provisions of the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, this health impact assessment found the potential for negative impacts in the cost of medicines, tobacco control policies, alcohol control policies, and ...
Anne Marie Thow, Deborah Gleeson, Fiona Haigh, Katie Hirono, Patrick Harris   +4 more
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