Busse Matthias author Roy Martin author Berger Axel author Nunnenkamp Peter author Columbia University. Vale Columbia Center on Sustainable International Investment originator contributor text Reports New York Vale Columbia Center on Sustainable International Investment 2012 The authors analyze empirically whether the impact of BITs and RTAs on bilateral FDI flows depends on the inclusion of two legal innovations: investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) and pre-establishment national treatment (NT) provisions. Indeed, they find strong evidence that liberal NT provisions promote FDI. ISDS mechanisms appear to play a minor role. Surprisingly, the impact of similar investment provisions on FDI depends on whether these provisions are contained in RTAs or BITs. Finance Economics 75 2158-3579 http://hdl.handle.net/10022/AC:P:14277 English NNC NNC 2012-07-30 14:49:00 -0400 2012-07-30 15:20:51 -0400 8284 eng