Democracies cooperate more: even where it threatens to bite?

Philipp Hühne, Birgit Elisabeth Meyer, Peter Nunnenkamp

Publication: Scientific journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

Abstract

Estimating two-step selection models, we find that more democratic governments are more likely to conclude preferential trade agreements (PTAs) and to agree to stricter investment provisions related to pre-establishment national treatment and investor–state dispute settlement in PTAs. This is surprising when considering the potentially high costs of litigation.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)812 - 815
JournalApplied Economics Letters
Volume23
Issue number11
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2016

Austrian Classification of Fields of Science and Technology (ÖFOS)

  • 509003 Development cooperation
  • 502025 Econometrics
  • 502046 Economic policy
  • 502003 Foreign trade

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