Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/57623 
Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
WTO Staff Working Paper No. ERSD-2010-10
Publisher: 
World Trade Organization (WTO), Geneva
Abstract: 
We focus on investor-state dispute settlement provisions contained in various, though far from all, bilateral investment treaties as a possible determinant of BIT-related effects on bilateral FDI flows. Our estimation results prove to be sensitive to the specification of these provisions as well as the inclusion of transition countries in the sample. Stricter dispute settlement provisions do not necessarily result in higher FDI inflows so that the effectiveness of BITs as a credible commitment device remains elusive.
Subjects: 
Dispute Settlement
BITs
FDI flows
JEL: 
F21
F23
K33
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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