The United States government often involves itself in foreign investment disputes. While high-level diplomacy is common, explicit sanctions and threats are rare. Investment treaties have no effect on the likelihood of diplomatic intervention. There is no empirical support that US treaties ‘de-politicize’ investment disputes.
%0 Journal Article
%1 gertz2018legalization
%A Gertz, Geoffrey
%A Jandhyala, Srividya
%A Poulsen, Lauge N. Skovgaard
%D 2018
%K isds
%T Legalization, diplomacy, and development: Do investment treaties de-politicize investment disputes?
%U https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305750X18300688
%X The United States government often involves itself in foreign investment disputes. While high-level diplomacy is common, explicit sanctions and threats are rare. Investment treaties have no effect on the likelihood of diplomatic intervention. There is no empirical support that US treaties ‘de-politicize’ investment disputes.
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abstract = {The United States government often involves itself in foreign investment disputes. While high-level diplomacy is common, explicit sanctions and threats are rare. Investment treaties have no effect on the likelihood of diplomatic intervention. There is no empirical support that US treaties ‘de-politicize’ investment disputes.},
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author = {Gertz, Geoffrey and Jandhyala, Srividya and Poulsen, Lauge N. Skovgaard},
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title = {Legalization, diplomacy, and development: Do investment treaties de-politicize investment disputes?},
url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305750X18300688},
year = 2018
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