When BITs have some bite: The political-economic environment for bilateral investment treaties

Review of International Organizations

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-32

  Tobin, Jennifer L ^a   Rose Ackerman, Susan ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilateral investment treaties; Foreign direct investment; International institutions; Political risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952247949     PISSN: 15597431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11558-010-9089-y     Document Type: Article

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