Bilateral Investment Treaties and FDI: Does the Sector Matter?

World Development

Volumn 83, Issue , 2016, Pages 193-206

  Colen, Liesbeth ^a,b   Persyn, Damiaan ^a,b   Guariso, Andrea ^a  

^a EUROPEAN COMMISSION   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Central and Eastern Europe; Foreign direct investment; Investment treaties; Sunk costs

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL FLOW; COST; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN EUROPE;

EID: 84956899876     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: 18735991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2016.01.020     Document Type: Article

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