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Do Bilateral Investment Treaties Promote Foreign Direct Investment?

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  • Julien Chaisse

    (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)

  • Christian Bellak

    (Vienna University of Economics)

Abstract

The future of the international investment regime is rapidly evolving and many different kinds of investment treaties are now being negotiated. In particular, the EU, which is emerging as a new actor on the scene of international Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) policy, will need to know what kind of FDI-related provisions it should favor (reviewer's remark ¨C made use of British English spelling). We argue that much can be learned from the substance of existing Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) as differences in legal provisions of BITs are crucial regarding the application of BITs in praxi. Therefore, this paper presents a new methodology to measure the effect of the essential legal provisions of BITs. Starting with a review of 40 empirical studies, the (heterogeneous) empirical results of the effects of BITs on FDI are summarized. In the conceptual part of this paper, the most important legal substantive criteria as well as the key technical features of BITs are identified together with their variants. These are the components of a new BITSEL index.

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  • Julien Chaisse & Christian Bellak, 2011. "Do Bilateral Investment Treaties Promote Foreign Direct Investment?," Transnational Corporations Review, Ottawa United Learning Academy, vol. 3(4), pages 3-10, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:oul:tncr09:v:3:y:2011:i:4:p:3-10
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    1. Mukherjee, Sacchidananda & Chakraborty, Debashis, 2016. "Urbanization and Demand for Water and Sanitation Services: An Analysis on Cross-Region Investment Requirements," MPRA Paper 74767, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    2. Chaisse, Julien & Hamanaka, Shintaro, 2014. "The Investment Version of the Asian Noodle Bowl: The Proliferation of International Investment Agreements," Working Papers on Regional Economic Integration 128, Asian Development Bank.
    3. Cao, Thi Hong Vinh & Lu, Thi Thu Trang & Nguyen, Thi Viet Hoa, 2014. "The Impact of Heterogeneous Bilateral Investment Treaties (BIT) on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows to Vietnam," Papers 916, World Trade Institute.
    4. Nathapornpan Piyaareekul Uttama, 2021. "International Investment Agreements Provisions and Foreign Direct Investment Flows in the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Region," Economies, MDPI, vol. 9(1), pages 1-23, March.
    5. Chaisse Julien & Pomfret Richard, 2019. "The RCEP and the Changing Landscape of World Trade: Assessing Asia-Pacific Investment Regionalism Next Stage," The Law and Development Review, De Gruyter, vol. 12(1), pages 159-190, January.

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