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題名 Improving Reputation BIT by BIT: Bilateral Investment Treaties and Foreign Accountability
作者 李佳怡
Lee, Chia-yi
Johnston, Noel P.
貢獻者 國際事務學院
關鍵詞 Bilateral investment treaty; foreign aid; foreign direct investment; foreign power; international institutions; OECD countries
日期 2016-03
上傳時間 26-May-2020 14:18:09 (UTC+8)
摘要 The literature on foreign direct investment (FDI) has paid an increasing interest to international institutions such as bilateral investment treaties (BITs), but whether BITs help attract FDI is an unsettled question. Building on the existing literature, this article argues that BITs can change investors’ perceptions and the corresponding investment they make because signing BITs signals the involvement of another powerful country that is able to compel the host government to comply. This implies that the effect of BITs is not constant across signatory countries: BITs are more effective when they are signed with rich and influential countries. Using monadic and dyadic FDI data, this article finds that BITs signed with powerful countries (defined as the top six largest economies) lead to an increase in FDI inflows (both from these signatory countries and from other countries). BITs signed with other countries, despite in a larger quantity, have little influence on FDI inflows.
關聯 International Interactions, Vol.42, No.3, pp.429-451
資料類型 article
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/03050629.2016.1128429
dc.contributor 國際事務學院
dc.creator (作者) 李佳怡
dc.creator (作者) Lee, Chia-yi
dc.creator (作者) Johnston, Noel P.
dc.date (日期) 2016-03
dc.date.accessioned 26-May-2020 14:18:09 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.available 26-May-2020 14:18:09 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.issued (上傳時間) 26-May-2020 14:18:09 (UTC+8)-
dc.identifier.uri (URI) http://nccur.lib.nccu.edu.tw/handle/140.119/129880-
dc.description.abstract (摘要) The literature on foreign direct investment (FDI) has paid an increasing interest to international institutions such as bilateral investment treaties (BITs), but whether BITs help attract FDI is an unsettled question. Building on the existing literature, this article argues that BITs can change investors’ perceptions and the corresponding investment they make because signing BITs signals the involvement of another powerful country that is able to compel the host government to comply. This implies that the effect of BITs is not constant across signatory countries: BITs are more effective when they are signed with rich and influential countries. Using monadic and dyadic FDI data, this article finds that BITs signed with powerful countries (defined as the top six largest economies) lead to an increase in FDI inflows (both from these signatory countries and from other countries). BITs signed with other countries, despite in a larger quantity, have little influence on FDI inflows.
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dc.relation (關聯) International Interactions, Vol.42, No.3, pp.429-451
dc.subject (關鍵詞) Bilateral investment treaty; foreign aid; foreign direct investment; foreign power; international institutions; OECD countries
dc.title (題名) Improving Reputation BIT by BIT: Bilateral Investment Treaties and Foreign Accountability
dc.type (資料類型) article
dc.identifier.doi (DOI) 10.1080/03050629.2016.1128429
dc.doi.uri (DOI) https://doi.org/10.1080/03050629.2016.1128429