
Jonathan Bonnitcha
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Published:
20 July 2017
Online ISBN:
9780191862694
Print ISBN:
9780198719540
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Introduction Introduction
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Why do firms engage in foreign direct investment? Why do firms engage in foreign direct investment?
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Foreign direct investment and the firm Foreign direct investment and the firm
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Ownership advantages Ownership advantages
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Locational advantages Locational advantages
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Internalization advantages Internalization advantages
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The economic impact of foreign direct investment The economic impact of foreign direct investment
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‘Investments’ and ‘investors’ covered by investment treaties ‘Investments’ and ‘investors’ covered by investment treaties
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Investments Investments
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Investors Investors
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Conclusion Conclusion
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Chapter
2 Foreign Investment: Economic and Legal Foundations
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Pages
33–58
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Published:July 2017
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Bonnitcha, Jonathan, Lauge N Skovgaard Poulsen, and Michael Waibel, ' Foreign Investment: Economic and Legal Foundations ', The Political Economy of the Investment Treaty Regime (2017; online edn, Oxford Academic), https://doi.org/10.1093/law/9780198719540.003.0002, accessed 6 May 2025.
Abstract
This chapter examines two foundational questions relating to foreign investment: why firms engage in foreign investment, and how inward foreign investment affects host states. It then examines the scope of the investment treaty regime’s coverage of different types of ‘investors’ and ‘investments’. The chapter makes a simple yet often overlooked point: whereas different types of foreign investment have different drivers and effects, investment treaties cover practically all forms of investment and all types of foreign investors. This has important implications when considering the effects of the investment treaty regime.
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