The effect of bilateral investment treaties and double taxation treaties on foreign direct investment flows
By: edited by Karl P. Sauvant and Lisa E. Sachs.
Contributors: Sauvant, Karl P.; Sachs, Lisa E.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Oxford [England]; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 732
ISBN-13: 9780195388534
Subjects: Investments, Foreign -- Taxation -- Law and legislation; Double taxation; Treaties
Description: In recent years, the treaties and strategies promoting global investment have changed dramatically. This book is a comprehensive assessment of the performance of these treaties. It presents the most recent literature on BITs and DTTs as well as their impact on foreign investments.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A brief history of international investment agreements / Kenneth J. Vandevelde; title: The framework of investment protection : the content of bits / Peter Muchlinski; title: Explaining the popularity of bilateral investment treaties / Andrew T. Guzman; title: Double tax treaties : an introduction / Reuven S. Avi-Yonah; title: Do BITs really work : an evaluation of bilateral investment treaties and their grand bargain / Jeswald W. Salacuse and Nicholas P. Sullivan; title: Bilateral investment treaties and foreign direct investment : a political analysis / Tim Buthe and Helen V. Milner; title: Do bilateral investment treaties increase foreign direct investment to developing countries? / Eric Neumayer and Laura Spess; title: The impact of bilateral investment treaties on foreign direct investment / Peter Egger and Michael Pfaffermayr; title: New institutional economics and FDI location in Central and Eastern Europe / Robert Grosse and Len J. Trevino; title: Do investment agreements attract investment? evidence from Latin America / Kevin P. Gallagher and Melissa B.L. Birch; title: The global BITs regime and the domestic environment for investment / Susan Rose-Ackerman; title: The impact on foreign direct investment of BITs / UNCTAD; title: Do bilateral investment treaties attract FDI? only a bit ... and they could bite / Mary Hallward-Driemeier; title: Do BITs really work? revisiting the empirical link between investment treaties and foreign direct investment / Jason Yackee; title: Bilateral investment treaties and foreign direct investment : correlation versus causation / Emma Aisbett; title: Why do developing countries sign BITs? / Deborah L. Swenson; title: Do bilateral tax treaties promote foreign direct investment? / Bruce A. Blonigen and Ronald B. Davies; title: The effects of bilateral tax treaties on U.S. FDI activity / Bruce A. Blonigen and Ronald B. Davies; title: The impact of endogenous tax treaties on foreign direct investment : theory and empirical evidence / Peter Egger, Mario Larch, Michael Pfaffermayr, and Hannes Winner; title: Host-country governance, tax treaties, and U.S. direct investment abroad / Henry J. Louie and Donald J. Rousslang; title: Tax treaties for investment and aid to sub-saharan africa : a case study / Allison D. Christians; title: It's all in the timing : assessing the impact of bilateral tax treaties on U.S. FDI activity / Daniel L. Millimet and Abdullah Kumas; title: Do double taxation treaties increase foreign direct investment to developing countries? / Eric Neumayer; title: The effect of tax and investment treaties on bilateral FDI flows to transition economies / Tom Coupe, Irina Orlova, and Alexandre Skiba; title: Selected bibliography on bilateral investment treaties and double taxation treaties / Lisa E. Sachs.