Financial market development of both source and host countries can shape and drive flows of financial direct investment over time. ...

Democratic governments tie their hands particularly tightly by concluding more and stricter international investment agreements than...

Aid flows continue to be volatile and unpredictable, even though it is widely accepted that this erodes the effectiveness of foreign...

We argue that the trend toward international investment agreements (IIAs) with stricter investment rules is driven by competitive...

We account for the competition for export markets among the donor countries of foreign aid by analyzing spatial dependence in aid...

When an investor sues a state for alleged breaches of its obligations under an investment treaty or a trade agreement with investment...

When an investor sues a state for alleged breaches of its obligations under an investment treaty or a trade agreement with investment...

We account for the competition for export markets among the donor countries of foreign aid by analyzing spatial dependence in aid...

We argue that competitive diffusion is a driver of the trend toward international investment agreements (IIAs) with stricter...

Aid flows continue to be volatile and unpredictable, even though it is widely accepted that this erodes the effectiveness of foreign...

We estimate gravity-type models to assess the effects of financial market development in the host and source countries on bilateral...