The impact of bilateral investment treaties on foreign direct investment

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Tax treaty shopping: structural determinants of Foreign Direct Investment routed through the Netherlands (2013, background): “Some studies find a positive effect on FDI (Egger and Merlo 2007; Egger and Pfaffermayr 2004; Fortanier and Van Tulder 2007; Neumayer and Spess 2005; Siegmann 2007), but others find insignificant or mixed effects (Aisbett 2007; Hallward-Driemeier 2003; Salacuse and Sullivan 2005; Tobin and Rose-Acke”
Contingent Credibility: The Impact of Investment Treaty Violations on Foreign Direct Investment (2011, background): “At any given time investors cannot reliably discern the attitudes and behaviors of all foreign governments toward foreign investment+ Investors possess some prior beliefs about whether a host government is committed to respecting the rights of foreign investors, but their assessments are imperfect a”
Place, space, and geographical exposure: Foreign subsidiary survival in conflict zones (2013, unknown): “…has been widely used in international economics to evaluate, for example, the effects of exporting and acquisitions on firm performance and returns to scale (Arnold & Javorcik, 2009), and of outward FDI on the decision to invest in tangible assets and R&D at home (Egger & Pfaffermayr, 2004).”