BORA CMI: Winners and losers from an international investment agreement

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Title:	Winners and losers from an international investment agreement
Authors:	Bjorvatn, Kjetil Eckel, Carsten
Keywords:	International agreements Foreign direct investment Technological spillovers Investment policy Welfare effects
Issue Date:	2003
Publisher:	Chr. Michelsen Institute
Series/Report no.:	CMI Working paper WP 2003: 11
Abstract:	Recent attempts at reaching an international investment agreement have been met with considerable opposition and failed. An important reason for this failure is the diverging interests between the parties involved. The present paper focuses on the interests of host countries, with difference in market size as the source of conflict. We analyse the welfare effects of an international investment agreement as a function of the intensity of technological spillovers, the technology gap between the investor and host country firms, intra-regional trade costs, and the difference in market size.
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/10202/161
ISBN:	82-8062-059-1
ISSN:	0804-3639
Appears in Collections:	CMI Collection (Reports, Working Papers, Articles etc.)

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