Competing for capital: The diffusion of bilateral investment treaties, 1960–2000

The Global Diffusion of Markets and Democracy

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 220-260

  Elkins, Zachary ^a   Guzman, Andrew T ^b   Simmons, Beth A ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84916907549     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511755941.006     Document Type: Chapter

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