Essays about: "International investment agreement"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 33 essays containing the words International investment agreement.

1. 16. Evaluating the Impact of BITs and Preferential Trade and Investment Treaties on Foreign Direct Investment between Developed Countries

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Nikita Napalkov; [2016]
   Keywords : preferential trade and investment agreement; bilateral investment treaty; Foreign direct investment; gravity equation; OECD; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : This paper focuses on the effect of Bilateral Investment Treaties and Preferential Trade and Investment Agreements on outwards FDI stocks of developed countries (proxied by OECD countries) in one another in the period of 1985-2013. Estimations are obtained with use of the gravity equation in a large panel based on OECD FDI positions data, where the “knowledge-and-physical-capital model” of international investment motivates the choice of independent variables. READ MORE

3. 17. Investor-state dispute settlement in the TTIP - A fair dispute resolution mechanism or the bane of democracy?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Sebastian Sampallo; [2016]
   Keywords : ISDS; TTIP; investment protection; Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership; Public international law; international investment law; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : On July 8, 2013, the United States and the European Union started negotiations for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). The TTIP is a proposed international trade and investment agreement (IIA) that aims to create the largest free trade area in the world. READ MORE

4. 18. The Nicaraguan Canal Agreement: A Study of a Contemporary Investment Agreement and the Historical Patterns that Helped Shape It

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Rasmus Kjulin; [2016]
   Keywords : Investment Agreement; Foreign Investment; International Investment Law; Public International Law; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : In December 2014, Nicaragua officially launched one of the world’s largest engineering projects in history, as construction began on a 278 km transoceanic canal with an estimated cost of US$50 billion. To implement and finance the project, Nicaragua has made an agreement with the foreign investor HKND that has received widespread attention and critique. READ MORE

5. 19. Drilling the Black Blood of Nations : Mexican energy policies in 1938 and 2013 juxtaposed to the investment factor

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Romanska och klassiska institutionen

   Author : Aldo Jesús Viggiano Austria; [2015]
   Keywords : Mexico; Energy; Geopolitics; NAFTA; Energy Policies; Mexican Oil; PEMEX; FDI;

   Abstract : The work briefly summarizes, the analysis emerged by studying two particular moments in Mexican history with regards to its energy policies: with principal focus on the years of oil expropriation in 1938 and the promulgation of the Energy Reform of December of 2013 with the addition of exploring how the seek for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), appears as a factor of international economics that has influenced these processes. Since Enrique Peña Nieto arrived to power, the energy model of the Mexican Republic have experimented its biggest transformations after seventy-five years of protectionism. READ MORE

6. 20. International Investment Law - Issues with investment treaties and a suggestion on how to change the calculation of compensation

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

   Author : Jon Linusson; [2014]
   Keywords : Valuation; Damages; Compensation; Free Trade Agreement; FTA; Bilateral Investment Treaty; BIT; International investment law; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Denna uppsats undersöker huruvida investeringsavtal innebär för mycket begränsningar för värdländernas handlingar och om så är fallet, vad som kan göras för att åtgärda problemet. Uppsatsen erbjuder en översikt över några vanliga gällande regler som återfinns i investeringsavtal och går sedan vidare med att diskutera några internationella skiljedomar. READ MORE