Includes bibliographical references and index.

A brief history of international investment agreements / Kenneth J. Vandevelde -- The framework of investment protection : the content of bits / Peter Muchlinski -- Explaining the popularity of bilateral investment treaties / Andrew T. Guzman -- Double tax treaties : an introduction / Reuven S. Avi-Yonah -- Do BITs really work : an evaluation of bilateral investment treaties and their grand bargain / Jeswald W. Salacuse and Nicholas P. Sullivan -- Bilateral investment treaties and foreign direct investment : a political analysis / Tim Buthe and Helen V. Milner -- Do bilateral investment treaties increase foreign direct investment to developing countries? / Eric Neumayer and Laura Spess -- The impact of bilateral investment treaties on foreign direct investment / Peter Egger and Michael Pfaffermayr -- New institutional economics and FDI location in Central and Eastern Europe / Robert Grosse and Len J. Trevino -- Do investment agreements attract investment? evidence from Latin America / Kevin P. Gallagher and Melissa B.L. Birch -- The global BITs regime and the domestic environment for investment / Susan Rose-Ackerman -- The impact on foreign direct investment of BITs / UNCTAD -- Do bilateral investment treaties attract FDI? only a bit ... and they could bite / Mary Hallward-Driemeier -- Do BITs really work? revisiting the empirical link between investment treaties and foreign direct investment / Jason Yackee -- Bilateral investment treaties and foreign direct investment : correlation versus causation / Emma Aisbett -- Why do developing countries sign BITs? / Deborah L. Swenson -- Do bilateral tax treaties promote foreign direct investment? / Bruce A. Blonigen and Ronald B. Davies -- The effects of bilateral tax treaties on U.S. FDI activity / Bruce A. Blonigen and Ronald B. Davies -- The impact of endogenous tax treaties on foreign direct investment : theory and empirical evidence / Peter Egger, Mario Larch, Michael Pfaffermayr, and Hannes Winner -- Host-country governance, tax treaties, and U.S. direct investment abroad / Henry J. Louie and Donald J. Rousslang -- Tax treaties for investment and aid to sub-saharan africa : a case study / Allison D. Christians -- It's all in the timing : assessing the impact of bilateral tax treaties on U.S. FDI activity / Daniel L. Millimet and Abdullah Kumas -- Do double taxation treaties increase foreign direct investment to developing countries? / Eric Neumayer -- The effect of tax and investment treaties on bilateral FDI flows to transition economies / Tom Coupe, Irina Orlova, and Alexandre Skiba -- Selected bibliography on bilateral investment treaties and double taxation treaties / Lisa E. Sachs.