Do trade and investment agreements lead to more FDI? Accounting for key provisions inside the black box

International Economics and Economic Policy

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 247-275

  Berger, Axel ^a   Busse, Matthias ^b   Nunnenkamp, Peter ^c   Roy, Martin ^d  

^a GERMAN DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c KIEL INSTITUTE FOR THE WORLD ECONOMY   (Germany)

^d WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Admission rules; Bilateral investment treaties; Foreign direct investment; Investor state dispute settlement; Regional trade agreements

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878344676     PISSN: 16124804     EISSN: 16124812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10368-012-0207-6     Document Type: Article

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