Table of Contents:
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 Büthe 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 Coupé, Irina Orlova and Alexandre Skiba;
Selected Bibliography on Bilateral Investment Treaties and Double Taxation Treaties
Lisa E. Sachs.