Contingent credibility: The impact of investment treaty violations on foreign direct investment

International Organization

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 401-432

  Allee, Todd ^a   Peinhardt, Clint ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

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EID: 80054888617     PISSN: 00208183     EISSN: 15315088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0020818311000099     Document Type: Article

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