The Effect of Treaties on Foreign Direct Investment

Karl P. Sauvant is a Resident Senior Fellow and Founding Executive Director of the Vale Columbia Center on Sustainable International Investment, and Guest Professor at Nankai University, China. Before that, he was Director of UNCTAD's Investment Division. He is the author of, or responsible for, a substantial number of publications. In 2006, he was elected an Honorary Fellow of the European International Business Academy. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1975.Lisa Sachs is the Director of the Vale Columbia Center on Sustainable International Investment. She is the author of The Effect of Treaties on Foreign Direct Investment (Oxford University Press, 2009) with Karl P. Sauvant.

A comprehensive overview of the state-of-the-art within the literature on IIAs and FDI... the volume is a valuable point of reference for scholars and practitioners alike.

• Contributors ; Foreword: Andreas F. Lowenfeld ; Preface: John H. Dunning ; BITs, DTTs and FDI flows: an Overview: Lisa E. Sachs and Karl P. Sauvant ; PART I: Introduction ; A Brief History of International Investment Agreements ; Kenneth J. Vandevelde ; The Framework of Investment Protection: The Content of BITs ; Peter Muchlinski ; Explaining the Popularity of Bilateral Investment Treaties, Andrew T. Guzman ; Double Tax Treaties: An Introduction ; Reuven S. Avi-Yonah ; PART II: Exploring the Impact of Bilateral Investment Treaties on Foreign Direct Investment Flows ; Do BITs Really Work: An Evaluation of Bilateral Investment Treaties and Their Grand Bargain ; Jeswald W. Salacuse and Nicholas P. Sullivan ; Bilateral Investment Treaties and Foreign Direct Investment: A Political Analysis ; Tim Buthe and Helen V. Milner ; Do Bilateral Investment Treaties Increase Foreign Direct Investment to Developing Countries? ; Eric Neumayer and Laura Spess ; The Impact of Bilateral Investment Treaties on Foreign Direct Investment ; Peter Egger and Michael Pfaffermayr ; New Institutional Economics and FDI Location in Central and Eastern Europe ; Robert Grosse and Len J. Trevino ; Do Investment Agreements Attract Investment? Evidence from Latin America ; Kevin P. Gallagher and Melissa B.L. Birch ; The Global BITs Regime and the Domestic Environment for Investment ; Susan Rose-Ackerman ; The Impact on Foreign Direct Investment of BITs ; UNCTAD ; Do Bilateral Investment Treaties Attract FDI? Only a Bit And They Could Bite ; Mary Hallward-Driemeier ; Do BITs Really Work? Revisiting the Empirical Link between Investment Treaties and Foreign Direct Investment ; Jason Yackee ; Bilateral Investment Treaties and Foreign Direct Investment: Correlation Versus Causation ; Emma Aisbett ; Why Do Developing Countries Sign BITs? ; Deborah L. Swenson ; PART III: Exploring the Impact of Double Taxation Treaties on Foreign Direct Investment Flows ; Do Bilateral Tax Treaties Promote Foreign Direct Investment? ; Bruce A. Blonigen and Ronald B. Davies ; The Effects of Bilateral Tax Treaties on U.S. FDI Activity ; Bruce A. Blonigen and Ronald B. Davies ; The Impact of Endogenous Tax Treaties on Foreign Direct Investment: Theory and Empirical Evidence ; Peter Egger, Mario Larch, Michael Pfaffermayr and Hannes Winner ; Host-Country Governance, Tax Treaties and U.S. Direct Investment Abroad ; Henry J. Louie and Donald J. Rousslang ; Tax Treaties for Investment and Aid to Sub-Saharan Africa: A Case Study ; Allison D. Christians ; It's All in the Timing: Assessing the Impact of Bilateral Tax Treaties on U.S. FDI Activity ; Daniel L. Millimet and Abdullah Kumas ; Do Double Taxation Treaties Increase Foreign Direct Investment to Developing Countries? ; Eric Neumayer ; PART IV: Exploring the Impact of Tax and Investment Treaties on Foreign Direct Investment Flows ; The Effect of Tax and Investment Treaties on Bilateral FDI Flows to Transition Economies ; Tom Coupe, Irina Orlova and Alexandre Skiba ; Selected Bibliography on Bilateral Investment Treaties and Double Taxation Treaties ; Lisa E. Sachs