The political economy of FDI location : why don't political checks and balances and treaty constraints matter?

• Main Author: Walter, Andrew
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Working Paper
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Economic development
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/90474; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/4439
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Although the risk of expropriation for foreign direct investment (FDI) has fallen substantially since the 1970s, political risk continues to be of concern to MNCs in many countries. I ask whether domestic political checks and balances and international legal instruments that aim to protect FDI enabl...