The Politics of Foreign Direct Investment in Authoritarian Regimes
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While political scientists find that democracy reduces political risk, little scholarship analyzes how authoritarian regimes attract foreign direct investment (FDI). This article argues that while authoritarian countries are generally risky, this risk can be minimized when authoritarian regimes are constrained from both “above” and “below.” Signing international investment treaties are critical for authoritarian countries to signal a commitment to FDI-friendly policies. However, only authoritarian signatories that allow some degree of public deliberation in their policymaking are then constrained from deviating from the policies of the international investment treaties. Panel statistical regressions and a case analysis support the hypothesis.
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- Authors
- Bastiaens, I.
- Affiliations
- Fordham University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Bastiaens, Ida
- ORCID
- Bastiaens, Ida
- Venue
- International Interactions
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2015-11-23
- Volume
- 42
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 140-171
- ISSN
- 0305-0629 (ISSN-L)
- 1547-7444
- OpenAlex
- W57555698
- Cited by
- 29
- References
- 183
- Citations by year
- 2025: 4 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 14 · 2017: 1
- FWCI
- 0.93
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- International Interactions (publishedVersion)
- D-Scholarship@Pitt (University of Pittsburgh) (acceptedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- University of Pittsburgh (International Business Center)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › International Business and FDI
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › International Arbitration and Investment Law
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Political Conflict and Governance
- Keywords
- foreign direct investment, authoritarian regimes, political risk, investment treaties, public deliberation, policy constraints
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