Why should I believe you? the costs and consequences of bilateral investment treaties

International Studies Quarterly

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 73-102

  Kerner, Andrew ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILATERAL AGREEMENT; CAPITAL FLOW; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; MODELING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 62149145708     PISSN: 00208833     EISSN: 14682478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2478.2008.01524.x     Document Type: Article

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