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The Investment Version of the Asian Noodle Bowl: The Proliferation of International Investment Agreements

Chaisse, Julien; Hamanaka, Shintaro - Office of Regional Economic Integration, Asian … - 2014

While there is an extensive amount of literature on the noodle bowl of agreements in Asia, the majority of studies … in Asia. The noodle bowl of FTAs usually results in more options for traders and even can bring unexpected preferences …

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Regional Judicial Institutions and Economic Cooperation: Lessons for Asia?

Voeten, Erik - Office of Regional Economic Integration, Asian … - 2010

Why is Asia lagging behind other regions in creating regional judicial institutions? What lessons from the operation of … judicial institutions elsewhere have also rarely been used to resolve inter-state disputes. The most valuable lesson for Asia … and private parties about the implementation of international law. While Asia lacks an extensive set of regional laws and …

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Investment Treaties and Shareholder Claims for Reflective Loss: Insights from Advanced Systems of Corporate Law

Gaukrodger, David - Directorate for Financial, Fiscal and Enterprises … - 2014

Corporate law in advanced domestic legal systems on the one hand, and typical treaties for the protection of foreign investment on the other hand, treat claims for damages by company shareholders differently. Advanced domestic systems generally bar shareholders from claiming for reflective loss...

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Investor-State Dispute Settlement: A Scoping Paper for the Investment Policy Community

Gaukrodger, David; Gordon, Kathryn - Directorate for Financial, Fiscal and Enterprises … - 2012

Governments are facing an increasing number of arbitration claims by foreign investors relating to important public policies or seeking substantial damages, and many governments are taking a greater joint interest in how such cases are resolved in investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS). This...

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Investment Treaties and Shareholder Claims: Analysis of Treaty Practice

Gaukrodger, David - Directorate for Financial, Fiscal and Enterprises … - 2014

Advanced systems of domestic corporate law generally apply a “no reflective loss” principle to shareholder claims. Shareholder claims are permitted for direct injury to shareholder rights (such as voting rights). But shareholders generally cannot bring claims for reflective loss incurred as...

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Temporal Validity of International Investment Agreements: A Large Sample Survey of Treaty Provisions

Pohl, Joachim - Directorate for Financial, Fiscal and Enterprises … - 2013

International investment agreements (IIAs) almost universally define their temporal validity and thus set conditions for States’ exit from these treaties.<P> This study presents the results of the survey of language that determines the temporal validity of 2,061 bilateral investment agreements...</p>

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When the Claim Hits: Bilateral Investment Treaties and Bounded Rational Learning

Aisbett, Emma Kate; Poulsen, Lauge N. Skovgaard - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2011

Using the international investment regime as its point of departure, the paper introduces notions of bounded rationality to the study of economic diplomacy. Through a multi-method approach, it shows that developing countries often ignored the risks of bilateral investment treaties (BITs) until...

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The Optimal Design of Trade Policy Flexibility in the WTO

Schropp, Simon; Mahlstein, Kornel - International Economics Section, The Graduate Institute … - 2007

This paper is a contribution to the literature on rational design of trade agreements. The World Trade Organization …

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The Fragility of the Liberal Peace Export to South Sudan: Formal Education Access as a Basis of a Liberal Peace Project

Pemunta, Ngambouk Vitalis; Nkongho, Eno-Akpa Rene - In: Journal of Human Security 10 (2014) 1, pp. 59-75

This study examines the disjuncture between the policy transposition of the Liberal Peace Project (LPP) in South Sudan from the country's local context. It underlines how deep rooted historical exclusion from social welfare services reinforces political exclusion and exacerbates poor civic...

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A Case for Cohabitative Security: The Philippine and Malaysian Experience

Magcamit, Michael Intal - In: Journal of Human Security 10 (2014) 1, pp. 32-45

This article attempts to explore and analyse the evidence for cohabiting the human security concept into the national security frameworks of ASEAN countries. Using the Philippines and Malaysia as case studies, the article determines the extent to which public officials and policymakers have...

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