Do Bilateral Investment Treaties Attract Foreign Direct Investment? Only a Bit ... and They Could Bite

Do Bilateral Investment Treaties Attract Foreign Direct Investment? Only a Bit ... and They Could Bite

Touted as an important commitment device that attracts foreign investors, the number of bilateral investment treaties (BITs) ratified by developing countries has grown dramatically. The author tests empirically whether BITs have actually had an imp...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hallward-Driemeier, Mary
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
BILATERAL TRADE AGREEMENTS
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS
TREATY LAW
INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS
INVESTMENT ENVIRONMENT
PROPERTY RIGHTS
TREATY RATIFYING
DOMESTIC INVESTMENT
INVESTMENT POLICY
INVESTMENT PROMOTION
INVESTMENT REGULATION
AGREEMENTS ACTIONS
ADVERSE SELECTION
AUTHORITY
BANKRUPTCY
BILATERAL ARRANGEMENTS
BILATERAL INVESTMENT
BILATERAL INVESTMENT TREATIES
BILATERAL INVESTMENT TREATY
CORRUPTION
DEMOCRACY
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
DISPUTE RESOLUTION
DOMESTIC INSTITUTIONS
DOMESTIC INVESTORS
ECONOMIC CHANGE
EXPROPRIATION
FDI
FINANCIAL POSITION
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
FOREIGN INVESTMENT
FOREIGN INVESTOR
FOREIGN INVESTORS
FREE TRADE
FREE TRADE AREA
HOST COUNTRIES
HOST COUNTRY
IMMUNITY
INFLATION
INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY
INSURANCE
INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT
INVESTMENT AGREEMENTS
INVESTMENT CLIMATE
INVESTMENT DISPUTES
INVESTMENT FLOWS
INVESTOR PROTECTIONS
LAW JOURNALS
LAWYERS
LEGAL RECOURSE
LITIGATION
LOWERING TRADE
MACROECONOMIC STABILITY
POLICY MAKERS
POTENTIAL INVESTORS
PRECEDENTS
PROFITABILITY
PROTECTIONS
PUBLIC AUTHORITIES
PUBLIC DEBATE
PUBLIC INTEREST
REGIONAL INTEGRATION
RULE OF LAW
SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY
STATEMENTS
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
TAX INCENTIVES
TAXATION
TRADE AGREEMENT
TRADE AGREEMENTS
TRADE BARRIERS
TRADE LAW
TRADE POLICY
ACTIONS
AGREEMENTS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/08/2507711/bilateral-investment-treaties-attract-foreign-direct-investment-only-bit-bite
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18118

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/08/2507711/bilateral-investment-treaties-attract-foreign-direct-investment-only-bit-bite
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18118

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