{"id":"https://openalex.org/W3124450356","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195388534.003.0007","title":"Do Bilateral Investment Treaties Increase Foreign Direct Investment to Developing Countries?","display_name":"Do Bilateral Investment Treaties Increase Foreign Direct Investment to Developing Countries?","publication_year":2009,"publication_date":"2009-04-02","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W3124450356","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195388534.003.0007","mag":"3124450356"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195388534.003.0007","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195388534.003.0007","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195388534.003.0007","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"The Effect of Treaties on Foreign Direct Investment","raw_type":"book-chapter"},"volume":{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2485530080","display_name":"The Effect of Treaties on Foreign Direct Investment"},"type":"book-chapter","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5021672859","display_name":"Eric Neumayer","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2719-7563","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2719-7563"]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Eric Neumayer","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5031039086","display_name":"Laura Spess","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Laura Spess","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":0,"institutions_distinct_count":0,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.9198,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":27,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.89935535,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":89,"max":100},"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"225","last_page":"252"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12040","display_name":"International Arbitration and Investment Law","score":0.8539999723434448,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1408","display_name":"Strategy and Management"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12040","display_name":"International Arbitration and Investment Law","score":0.8539999723434448,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1408","display_name":"Strategy and Management"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10415","display_name":"International Business and FDI","score":0.13179999589920044,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1408","display_name":"Strategy and Management"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10128","display_name":"Global trade and economics","score":0.003599999938160181,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2000","display_name":"General Economics, Econometrics and Finance"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/20","display_name":"Economics, Econometrics and Finance"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/bilateral-investment-treaties","display_name":"bilateral investment treaties","score":1.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/foreign-direct-investment","display_name":"foreign direct investment","score":0.9959999918937683},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/developing-countries","display_name":"developing countries","score":0.9169999957084656},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/fdi-inflows","display_name":"FDI inflows","score":0.8230000138282776},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/institutional-quality","display_name":"institutional quality","score":0.9139999747276306},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/investment-protection","display_name":"investment protection","score":0.5630000233650208},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/treaty-obligations","display_name":"treaty obligations","score":0.40799999237060547}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33842695","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q490513","display_name":"Foreign direct investment","level":2,"score":0.9063178300857544},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C83864248","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q177323","display_name":"Developing country","level":2,"score":0.819629430770874},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C18547055","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47417","display_name":"International economics","level":1,"score":0.6514174342155457},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C27548731","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q88272","display_name":"Investment (military)","level":3,"score":0.45549970865249634},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162324750","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8134","display_name":"Economics","level":0,"score":0.4253024160861969},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144133560","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4830453","display_name":"Business","level":0,"score":0.421149343252182},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779530757","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1207505","display_name":"Quality (philosophy)","level":2,"score":0.4157005846500397},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C155202549","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q178803","display_name":"International trade","level":1,"score":0.4082343876361847},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C139719470","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q39680","display_name":"Macroeconomics","level":1,"score":0.1284448504447937},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C50522688","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q189833","display_name":"Economic growth","level":1,"score":0.08752724528312683},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C17744445","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36442","display_name":"Political science","level":0,"score":0.06709298491477966},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199539241","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7748","display_name":"Law","level":1,"score":0.04924061894416809},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C94625758","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7163","display_name":"Politics","level":2,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111472728","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9471","display_name":"Epistemology","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138885662","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5891","display_name":"Philosophy","level":0,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195388534.003.0007","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195388534.003.0007","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195388534.003.0007","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"The Effect of Treaties on Foreign Direct Investment","raw_type":"book-chapter"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"score":0.5378999710083008,"display_name":"Industry, innovation and infrastructure","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/9"},{"score":0.5217000246047974,"display_name":"Partnerships for the goals","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/17"},{"score":0.5192000269889832,"display_name":"Decent work and economic growth","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/8"}],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":149,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W15918072","https://openalex.org/W44876022","https://openalex.org/W83278185","https://openalex.org/W87285891","https://openalex.org/W122486785","https://openalex.org/W123207695","https://openalex.org/W159050744","https://openalex.org/W166447959","https://openalex.org/W169793973","https://openalex.org/W205978234","https://openalex.org/W222952236","https://openalex.org/W361130923","https://openalex.org/W560956376","https://openalex.org/W590742710","https://openalex.org/W602420183","https://openalex.org/W622026906","https://openalex.org/W622494590","https://openalex.org/W627624451","https://openalex.org/W633753962","https://openalex.org/W648449675","https://openalex.org/W648569250","https://openalex.org/W656217700","https://openalex.org/W842743934","https://openalex.org/W850099130","https://openalex.org/W1088450079","https://openalex.org/W1137141841","https://openalex.org/W1483092265","https://openalex.org/W1493723658","https://openalex.org/W1493754380","https://openalex.org/W1495290947","https://openalex.org/W1497036411","https://openalex.org/W1497676412","https://openalex.org/W1497885429","https://openalex.org/W1508871936","https://openalex.org/W1508932393","https://openalex.org/W1510163878","https://openalex.org/W1513866190","https://openalex.org/W1520857294","https://openalex.org/W1521455134","https://openalex.org/W1530673599","https://openalex.org/W1532537458","https://openalex.org/W1546702528","https://openalex.org/W1548456449","https://openalex.org/W1554087571","https://openalex.org/W1570340826","https://openalex.org/W1601027745","https://openalex.org/W1627572446","https://openalex.org/W1860859549","https://openalex.org/W1945605620","https://openalex.org/W1966423186","https://openalex.org/W1968452906","https://openalex.org/W1970818215","https://openalex.org/W1993743327","https://openalex.org/W2011159874","https://openalex.org/W2016336556","https://openalex.org/W2019347618","https://openalex.org/W2022547697","https://openalex.org/W2032366692","https://openalex.org/W2039488090","https://openalex.org/W2043925682","https://openalex.org/W2045110231","https://openalex.org/W2047771763","https://openalex.org/W2054129972","https://openalex.org/W2056720463","https://openalex.org/W2069057477","https://openalex.org/W2075379325","https://openalex.org/W2081663049","https://openalex.org/W2089231595","https://openalex.org/W2099256249","https://openalex.org/W2112836762","https://openalex.org/W2113731274","https://openalex.org/W2120764129","https://openalex.org/W2128359453","https://openalex.org/W2134191098","https://openalex.org/W2140425676","https://openalex.org/W2141699894","https://openalex.org/W2158402209","https://openalex.org/W2169897657","https://openalex.org/W2187313881","https://openalex.org/W2203834685","https://openalex.org/W2214548472","https://openalex.org/W2225145766","https://openalex.org/W2257770494","https://openalex.org/W2261690050","https://openalex.org/W2268991714","https://openalex.org/W2317985432","https://openalex.org/W2328302684","https://openalex.org/W2329286752","https://openalex.org/W2331906541","https://openalex.org/W2340226777","https://openalex.org/W2497168368","https://openalex.org/W2563604440","https://openalex.org/W2619797444","https://openalex.org/W2621023471","https://openalex.org/W2796014176","https://openalex.org/W2891957047","https://openalex.org/W2902592376","https://openalex.org/W2903454172","https://openalex.org/W2909046710","https://openalex.org/W2934180583","https://openalex.org/W2937103990","https://openalex.org/W2937288574","https://openalex.org/W2950706485","https://openalex.org/W2953686658","https://openalex.org/W2954163935","https://openalex.org/W2955671969","https://openalex.org/W2994583605","https://openalex.org/W2996596701","https://openalex.org/W3030954994","https://openalex.org/W3121163691","https://openalex.org/W3121588363","https://openalex.org/W3121615905","https://openalex.org/W3121864359","https://openalex.org/W3122121819","https://openalex.org/W3122445602","https://openalex.org/W3122703767","https://openalex.org/W3124876196","https://openalex.org/W3125882786","https://openalex.org/W3136928157","https://openalex.org/W3182740797","https://openalex.org/W3201450083","https://openalex.org/W3216994507","https://openalex.org/W4205369727","https://openalex.org/W4205601198","https://openalex.org/W4206495155","https://openalex.org/W4211119461","https://openalex.org/W4213309643","https://openalex.org/W4235615347","https://openalex.org/W4241265955","https://openalex.org/W4241896741","https://openalex.org/W4241935983","https://openalex.org/W4244243110","https://openalex.org/W4251314727","https://openalex.org/W4254565883","https://openalex.org/W4255062219","https://openalex.org/W4298222587","https://openalex.org/W4300380618","https://openalex.org/W4387104086","https://openalex.org/W6603541071","https://openalex.org/W6605060427","https://openalex.org/W6632979241","https://openalex.org/W6652875326","https://openalex.org/W6686849668","https://openalex.org/W6688704491","https://openalex.org/W6754498525","https://openalex.org/W6763859666","https://openalex.org/W6991841704","https://openalex.org/W6998692867","https://openalex.org/W7033914559"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2355073755","https://openalex.org/W4253014215","https://openalex.org/W7095727957","https://openalex.org/W4408109194","https://openalex.org/W7097510904","https://openalex.org/W2501961333","https://openalex.org/W1511768278","https://openalex.org/W2169307901","https://openalex.org/W2493522576","https://openalex.org/W2740547163"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Abstract":[0],"This":[1],"chapter":[2],"addresses":[3],"the":[4,53,85,91],"question":[5],"of":[6,8,56,87,94],"whether":[7,45],"bilateral":[9],"investment":[10,16],"treaties":[11],"(BITs)":[12],"increase":[13],"foreign":[14],"direct":[15],"(FDI)":[17],"to":[18,38,59,77,84],"developing":[19,60,78],"countries.":[20,61],"Developing":[21],"countries":[22,29],"that":[23,67,82],"sign":[24],"more":[25,31],"BITs":[26,68,88],"with":[27],"developed":[28],"receive":[30],"FDI":[32,48,57,96],"inflows.":[33,97],"The":[34,75],"effect":[35],"is":[36,63,81],"robust":[37],"various":[39],"sample":[40],"sizes,":[41],"model":[42],"specifications,":[43],"and":[44],"or":[46],"not":[47],"flows":[49],"are":[50],"normalized":[51],"by":[52],"total":[54],"flow":[55],"going":[58],"There":[62],"some":[64],"limited":[65],"evidence":[66],"function":[69],"as":[70],"substitutes":[71],"for":[72],"institutional":[73],"quality.":[74],"message":[76],"countries,":[79],"therefore,":[80],"succumbing":[83],"obligations":[86],"does":[89],"have":[90],"desired":[92],"payoff":[93],"higher":[95]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":15},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2014,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-10-16T09:59:22.235173","created_date":"2021-02-01T00:00:00"}