Do bilateral investment treaties increase foreign direct investment to developing countries?

World Development

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1567-1585

  Neumayer, Eric ^a   Spess, Laura ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bilateral investment treaties; Foreign direct investment; Institutional quality; Protection; Risk

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT; INVESTMENT;

EID: 26844546665     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2005.07.001     Document Type: Article

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