International tax competition is generally framed as states competing for foreign direct investment (FDI), and analyses of the phenomenon draw heavily on FDI statistics. In and of themselves, however, FDI statistics are merely a quantification of the value of investment projects and tell us...

Grenzüberschreitende Investitionen spielen eine entscheidende Rolle für Wachstum und Wohlstand. Für den Investor ergeben sich in Verbindung mit grenzüberschreitenden Investitionen jedoch Fragen bezüglich des Schutzniveaus der Investition. Instrumente, die an diesen Problemen anknüpfen sind...

The Iranian economy has greatly benefited from the lifting of international sanctions in 2016, when the JCPOA nuclear deal came into force. Oil production and exports rebounded strongly, which spilled over into non-oil sectors. However, the economy is yet to return to its 1976 peak in real per...

We document the effect on Chinese firms of the Shanghai (Shenzhen)-Hong Kong Stock Connect. The Connect was an important capital account liberalization introduced in the mid-2010s. It created a channel for cross-border equity investments into a selected set of Chinese stocks while China's...