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Author:

Wellhausen, Rachel L., author. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2013036395

Title:

The shield of nationality : when governments break contracts with foreign firms / Rachel L. Wellhausen.

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

xiii, 271 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

Public contracts--Developing countries.
Business enterprises, Foreign--Government policy--Developing countries.
International business enterprises--Developing countries.
Investments, Foreign--Developing countries.
Developing countries--Commercial treaties.
Developing countries--Commercial policy.
Business enterprises, Foreign--Government policy.
Commercial policy.
Commercial treaties.
International business enterprises.
Investments, Foreign.
Public contracts.
Developing countries.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Nationality and leverage in a globalized world -- When governments break contracts -- National diversity and contract sanctity -- Explaining breach around the world: quantitative tests -- Foreign firms and their diplomats in Ukraine -- Moldovan deterrence versus Romanian gold -- Investor-government relations in history -- When national diversity erodes property rights.

ISBN:

1107082765
9781107082762

OCLC:

(OCoLC)885313235

LCCN:

2014027989

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)