Kiel Working Papers, Kiel Institute for World Economics
No 1621:
More Stringent BITs, Less Ambiguous Effects on FDI? Not a Bit!
Axel Berger, Matthias Busse, Peter Nunnenkamp and Martin Roy
Abstract: We focus on investor-state dispute settlement provisions
contained in various, though far from all, bilateral investment treaties as
a possible determinant of BIT-related effects on bilateral FDI flows. Our
estimation results prove to be sensitive to the specification of these
provisions as well as the inclusion of transition countries in the sample.
Stricter dispute settlement provisions do not necessarily result in higher
FDI inflows so that the effectiveness of BITs as a credible commitment
device remains elusive
Keywords: Dispute Settlement, BITs, FDI flows; (follow links to similar papers)
JEL-Codes: F21,; F23,; K33; (follow links to similar papers)
13 pages, April 2010
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