Mark | Date Date | Title Title | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. 2004/04 | 01 Sept 2004 |
"Indirect Expropriation" and the "Right to Regulate" in International Investment Law
It is a well recognised rule in international law that the property of aliens cannot be taken, whether for public purposes or not, without adequate compensation. Two decades ago, the disputes before the courts and the discussions in academic... |
|||
No. 2017/03 | 24 Feb 2017 |
Addressing the balance of interests in investment treaties
The fair and equitable treatment (FET) provision has leapt to prominence in the last 15 years as the principal ground of liability at issue in many if not most investment treaty arbitration claims. In debates about the impact of investment treaties... |
|||
No. 2017/05 | 24 Nov 2017 |
Adjudicator Compensation Systems and Investor-State Dispute Settlement
Compensation for adjudicators is generally considered as a core issue for judicial independence and for attracting good judges in the institutional design for courts. This paper examines compensation systems for adjudicators and dispute settlement... |
|||
No. 2021/04 | 02 Jul 2021 |
Analysing sectoral capital flows
This paper assembles a comprehensive sectoral capital flows dataset for 64 advanced and emerging economies from 2000-18. This includes direct, portfolio and other investments to and from five sectors: central banks (CB), general government (GG),... |
|||
No. 2021/01 | 20 Jan 2021 |
Assessing the effectiveness of currency-differentiated tools
This paper provides the first comprehensive analysis of benefits and side-effects of foreign-currency differentiated reserve requirements for a sample of 58 countries from 1999 to 2015. Departing from the existing literature on effectiveness which... |
|||
No. 2022/01 | 24 Feb 2022 |
Building an Investment Tax Incentives database
The OECD has constructed an Investment Tax Incentives database which compiles granular details on corporate income tax (CIT) incentives for investment. This paper presents the methodology used to develop the database and insights from an initial data... |
|||
No. 2000/01 | 01 Mar 2000 |
Business Approaches to Combating Bribery
Bribery is becoming a high priority public concern and the legal framework and enforcement apparatus used in the fight against it are being developed in the OECD and elsewhere. Reflecting these civic and legal pressures, firms now often deal with... |
|||
No. 2003/02 | 01 Jun 2003 |
Business Approaches to Combating Corrupt Practices
The international business community’s anti-corruption efforts are essential parts of broader systems for fighting corrupt business practices. These also include formal law enforcement, where an appropriate regulatory framework is already in place,... |
|||
No. 2021/02 | 04 May 2021 |
Business responsibilities and investment treaties
Investment treaty policy increasingly interacts with business responsibilities. This scoping paper first surveys the converging approaches to responsible business conduct (RBC) and business and human rights (BHR) as reflected in the OECD Guidelines... |
|||
No. 2013/01 | 29 May 2013 |
China Investment Policy
This working paper examines China’s investment policy since the publication of the 2008 OECD Investment Policy Review of China. China remains the largest recipient of FDI among developing countries and FDI continues to play a disproportionately large... |
|||
No. 2001/06 | 01 May 2001 |
Codes of Corporate Conduct
Based on a slight extension of the inventory of 233 codes of corporate conduct collected for an earlier study (TD/TC/WP(98)74/FINAL), this paper takes a more in-depth look at the contents of the codes with respect to issue coverage and code... |
|||
No. 2012/01 | 12 Jun 2012 |
Corporate Greenhouse Gas Emission Reporting
This paper provides an overview of current government schemes promoting corporate reporting of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and analyses their main building blocks. It describes the drivers and challenges for governments, companies and investors in... |
|||
No. 2001/02 | 01 Feb 2001 |
Corporate Responsibility
In the ongoing public debate on globalisation, concerns have been expressed about the economic, social and environmental impacts of deepening international trade and investment ties and about the activities of the multinational enterprises. These... |
|||
No. 2005/03 | 01 Sept 2005 |
Corporate Responsibility Practices of Emerging Market Companies
Emerging market companies make up 3.8 per cent of the FT500, the 500 largest global traded companies1 and 4.6 per cent of the Dow Jones Global Index of 2,500 companies. OECD statistics show that, while the bulk of international investment flows... |
|||
No. 2024/01 | 04 Mar 2024 |
Cross-border investment into low-carbon infrastructure
This working paper provides a granular overview of investments into low-carbon infrastructure, both in the real economy and financial market. The descriptive analysis shows that there is room to scale up cross-border infrastructure investment and to... |
|||
No. 2015/03 | 10 Dec 2015 |
Currency-based measures targeting banks - Balancing national regulation of risk and financial openness
This paper presents and analyses new datasets of de jure Currency-Based Measures (CBMs) directed at banks in a sample of 49 countries between 2005 and 2013. These measures are bank regulations that apply a discrimination−e.g. a less favourable... |
|||
No. 1999/02 | 01 Nov 1999 |
Deciphering Codes of Corporate Conduct
Evidence of public concerns about globalisation is pervasive -- in the newspapers, on the Internet and more formal discussions of public policy. The business community has been attempting to position itself with respect to these concerns. Indeed,... |
|||
No. 2011/02 | 01 Sept 2011 |
Defining and Measuring Green FDI
This paper was developed at the request of the OECD Working Party of the Investment Committee to document efforts to date to define and measure green FDI and to investigate the practicability of various possible definitions, as well as to identify... |
|||
No. 2012/02 | 14 Dec 2012 |
Dispute Settlement Provisions in International Investment Agreements
Investor-State dispute settlement mechanisms (ISDS) are an important component of most International Investment Agreements (IIAs) and have significant influence on how disputes between States and investors are resolved. This statistical survey of a... |
|||
No. 2019/03 | 15 Jan 2020 |
Drivers of divestment decisions of multinational enterprises - A cross-country firm-level perspective
Divestment by multinational enterprises is an important yet understudied phenomenon. The few available estimates indicate that about a fifth of all foreign affiliates are divested every five years. This paper presents the findings from a novel... |
OECD Working Papers on International Investment
English
- ISSN: 18151957 (online)
- https://doi.org/10.1787/18151957
1 - 20 of 72 results
"Indirect Expropriation" and the "Right to Regulate" in International Investment Law
OECD
01 Sept 2004
It is a well recognised rule in international law that the property of aliens cannot be taken, whether for public purposes or not, without adequate compensation. Two decades ago, the disputes before the courts and the discussions in academic...
Addressing the balance of interests in investment treaties
David Gaukrodger
24 Feb 2017
The fair and equitable treatment (FET) provision has leapt to prominence in the last 15 years as the principal ground of liability at issue in many if not most investment treaty arbitration claims. In debates about the impact of investment treaties...
Adjudicator Compensation Systems and Investor-State Dispute Settlement
David Gaukrodger
24 Nov 2017
Compensation for adjudicators is generally considered as a core issue for judicial independence and for attracting good judges in the institutional design for courts. This paper examines compensation systems for adjudicators and dispute settlement...
Analysing sectoral capital flows
Etienne Lepers and Rogelio Mercado
02 Jul 2021
This paper assembles a comprehensive sectoral capital flows dataset for 64 advanced and emerging economies from 2000-18. This includes direct, portfolio and other investments to and from five sectors: central banks (CB), general government (GG),...
Assessing the effectiveness of currency-differentiated tools
Annamaria de Crescenzio, Etienne Lepers and Zoe Fannon
20 Jan 2021
This paper provides the first comprehensive analysis of benefits and side-effects of foreign-currency differentiated reserve requirements for a sample of 58 countries from 1999 to 2015. Departing from the existing literature on effectiveness which...
Building an Investment Tax Incentives database
Alessandra Celani, Luisa Dressler and Martin Wermelinger
24 Feb 2022
The OECD has constructed an Investment Tax Incentives database which compiles granular details on corporate income tax (CIT) incentives for investment. This paper presents the methodology used to develop the database and insights from an initial data...
Business Approaches to Combating Bribery
Kathryn Gordon and Maiko Miyake
01 Mar 2000
Bribery is becoming a high priority public concern and the legal framework and enforcement apparatus used in the fight against it are being developed in the OECD and elsewhere. Reflecting these civic and legal pressures, firms now often deal with...
Business Approaches to Combating Corrupt Practices
OECD
01 Jun 2003
The international business community’s anti-corruption efforts are essential parts of broader systems for fighting corrupt business practices. These also include formal law enforcement, where an appropriate regulatory framework is already in place,...
Business responsibilities and investment treaties
David Gaukrodger
04 May 2021
Investment treaty policy increasingly interacts with business responsibilities. This scoping paper first surveys the converging approaches to responsible business conduct (RBC) and business and human rights (BHR) as reflected in the OECD Guidelines...
China Investment Policy
Ken Davies
29 May 2013
This working paper examines China’s investment policy since the publication of the 2008 OECD Investment Policy Review of China. China remains the largest recipient of FDI among developing countries and FDI continues to play a disproportionately large...
Codes of Corporate Conduct
OECD
01 May 2001
Based on a slight extension of the inventory of 233 codes of corporate conduct collected for an earlier study (TD/TC/WP(98)74/FINAL), this paper takes a more in-depth look at the contents of the codes with respect to issue coverage and code...
Corporate Greenhouse Gas Emission Reporting
Céline Kauffmann, Cristina Tébar Less and Dorothee Teichmann
12 Jun 2012
This paper provides an overview of current government schemes promoting corporate reporting of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and analyses their main building blocks. It describes the drivers and challenges for governments, companies and investors in...
Corporate Responsibility
OECD
01 Feb 2001
In the ongoing public debate on globalisation, concerns have been expressed about the economic, social and environmental impacts of deepening international trade and investment ties and about the activities of the multinational enterprises. These...
Corporate Responsibility Practices of Emerging Market Companies
Jeremy Baskin and Kathryn Gordon
01 Sept 2005
Emerging market companies make up 3.8 per cent of the FT500, the 500 largest global traded companies1 and 4.6 per cent of the Dow Jones Global Index of 2,500 companies. OECD statistics show that, while the bulk of international investment flows...
Cross-border investment into low-carbon infrastructure
OECD
04 Mar 2024
This working paper provides a granular overview of investments into low-carbon infrastructure, both in the real economy and financial market. The descriptive analysis shows that there is room to scale up cross-border infrastructure investment and to...
Currency-based measures targeting banks - Balancing national regulation of risk and financial openness
Annamaria de Crescenzio, Marta Golin and Anne-Christelle Ott
10 Dec 2015
This paper presents and analyses new datasets of de jure Currency-Based Measures (CBMs) directed at banks in a sample of 49 countries between 2005 and 2013. These measures are bank regulations that apply a discrimination−e.g. a less favourable...
Deciphering Codes of Corporate Conduct
Kathryn Gordon and Maiko Miyake
01 Nov 1999
Evidence of public concerns about globalisation is pervasive -- in the newspapers, on the Internet and more formal discussions of public policy. The business community has been attempting to position itself with respect to these concerns. Indeed,...
Defining and Measuring Green FDI
Stephen S. Golub, Céline Kauffmann and Philip Yeres
01 Sept 2011
This paper was developed at the request of the OECD Working Party of the Investment Committee to document efforts to date to define and measure green FDI and to investigate the practicability of various possible definitions, as well as to identify...
Dispute Settlement Provisions in International Investment Agreements
Joachim Pohl, Kekeletso Mashigo and Alexis Nohen
14 Dec 2012
Investor-State dispute settlement mechanisms (ISDS) are an important component of most International Investment Agreements (IIAs) and have significant influence on how disputes between States and investors are resolved. This statistical survey of a...
Drivers of divestment decisions of multinational enterprises - A cross-country firm-level perspective
Maria Borga, Perla Ibarlucea Flores and Monika Sztajerowska
15 Jan 2020
Divestment by multinational enterprises is an important yet understudied phenomenon. The few available estimates indicate that about a fifth of all foreign affiliates are divested every five years. This paper presents the findings from a novel...