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Do Bilateral Investment Treaties attract foreign direct investment?

  • This paper studies the effect of the strength of Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) on FDI activity. We develop an index for the strength of international dispute settlement provisions included in BITs in order to examine the role the content of BITs plays in attracting FDI. To this end we make use of data from the UNCTAD's International Investment Agreement Mapping Project and measure the provision strength of 1,676 BITs. Using panel data of bilateral and total inward FDI flows and stocks we study the effect of BITs on FDI. Our main finding indicates that stronger international dispute settlement provisions in BITs are indeed associated with positive effects on FDI activity.

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Author:Michael Frenkel, Benedikt Walter
URN:urn:nbn:de:hbz:992-opus4-5373
Subtitle (English):The role of international dispute settlement provisions
Series (Serial Number):WHU – Working Paper Series in Economics (WP 17/08)
Publisher:WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management
Place of publication:Vallendar
Document Type:Working Paper
Language:English
Date of Publication (online):2018/01/02
Date of first Publication:2017/12/21
Release Date:2018/01/02
Tag:Ausländische Direktinvestition; Investitionsschutzabkommen; Investor-Staat-Schiedsverfahren; Zwischenstaatliches Schiedsverfahren
Bilateral investment treaty; Foreign Direct Investment (FDI); Investor-State dispute settlement (ISDS); State-state dispute settlement (SSDS)
Page Number:29
Institutes:WHU Economics Group / Chair of Macroeconomics and International Economics
JEL-Classification:F International Economics / F0 General / F02 International Economic Order
F International Economics / F2 International Factor Movements and International Business / F21 International Investment; Long-Term Capital Movements
F International Economics / F2 International Factor Movements and International Business / F23 Multinational Firms; International Business
F International Economics / F5 International Relations and International Political Economy / F53 International Agreements and Observance; International Organizations
K Law and Economics / K3 Other Substantive Areas of Law / K33 International Law
Licence (German):Copyright for this publication