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The Economics of Investor Protection : ISDS versus National Treatment

Kohler, Wilhelm - 2019

Investor-state dispute settlements (ISDS) are supposed to protect foreign investors against domestic policies causing “unjustified” harm. This paper scrutinizes the effects of investor-state dispute settlements (ISDS) and national treatment provisions in a two-period model where foreign...

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International Agreements, Economic Sovereignty and Exit

Richardson, Martin - 2018

We develop a model in which it is uncertainty about the future domestic policy environment that both makes international cooperation attractive and induces the possibility of a nation reneging on such an international agreement. We show, in a fairly general setting in which the likelihood of...

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A Commitment Theory of Subsidy Agreements

Brou, Daniel - 2012

This paper examines the rationale for the rules on domestic subsidies in international trade agreements through a framework that emphasizes commitment. We build a model where the policy-maker has a tariff and a production subsidy at its disposal, taxation can be distortionary and the...

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Free Trade Agreements and the Consolidation of Democracy

Liu, Xuepeng - 2013

We study the relationship between participation in free trade agreements (FTAs) and the sustainability of democracy. Our model shows that FTAs can critically reduce the incentive of authoritarian groups to seek power by destroying protectionist rents, thus making democracies last longer. This...

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The Determinants of Election to the United Nations Security Council

Dreher, Axel; Gould, Matthew; Rablen, Matthew D.; … - 2021

predicts, for instance, World Bank and IMF loans. But who gets elected to the UNSC? Addressing this question empirically is not …

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The Economics of a Multilateral Investment Agreement

Che, Jiahua - 2012

regime increases worldwide FDI and raises the world interest rate. Distinguishing three groups of countries, we show that …

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Understanding the Latest Wave and Future Shape of Regional Trade and Cooperation Agreements in Asia

Bhattacharyay, Biswa N. - 2021

Asia accounts for more than 30% of world GDP and contributes half of the global growth in recent years. Despite high … growth rates, Asia is still facing considerable socio-economic challenges. If Asia is to reemerge as a major power in the … region's economies more integrated regionally and internationally. Following the recent global trend, Asia witnessed a wave …

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Reevaluating the Role of Trade Agreements : Does Investment Globalization Make the WTO Obsolete?

Blanchard, Emily J. - 2014

strategic manipulation of world prices. The policy prediction is unclear, however, since international cross-ownership also …

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Multilateral Investment Agreement in a Political Equilibrium

Urban, Dieter M. - 2006

, an appropriately designed MAI is world-welfare superior compared to a regime of BITs by alleviating the lobbying …

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Trade Agreements

Kowalczyk, Carsten; Riezman, Raymond Glenn - 2021

This paper reviews the most significant recent developments in the theory of trade agreements. The paper offers an integrated approach to evaluating trade agreements, and uses the approach to present results on preferential and multilateral trade agreements. The paper identifies also several...

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