Axel Berger

Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) - German Development Institute (DIE)

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Tulpenfeld 6

Bonn, 53113

Germany

http://www.die-gdi.de

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1.

Investment Facilitation for Development: A Toolkit for Policymakers

(Technical Paper. Second Edition: Axel Berger, Yardenne Kagan, and Karl P. Sauvant, eds., Geneva: ITC, 2022)
Number of pages: 316 Posted: 23 Apr 2021 Last Revised: 23 May 2022
Axel Berger, Yardenne Kagan and Karl P. Sauvant
Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) - German Development Institute (DIE), International Trade Centre and Columbia University - Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
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The Politics of China’s Investment Treaty-Making Program

THE POLITICS OF INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC LAW, pp. 162-185, T. Broude, A. Porges, M. Busch, eds., Cambridge University Press, 2011
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 12 May 2011
Axel Berger
Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) - German Development Institute (DIE)
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China, U.S., Bilateral Investment Treaties

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What Foreign Investors Want: Findings from an Investor Survey of Investment Facilitation Measures in Latin America and the Caribbean

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 30 Mar 2022
FDI Center, Lahore School of Economics, University of Buenos Aires (UBA) - Faculty of Law, Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) - German Development Institute (DIE), Inter-American Development Bank, International Trade Centre, Columbia University - Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment, Inter-American Development Bank and International Trade Centre
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China and the Global Governance of Foreign Direct Investment – The Emerging Liberal Bilateral Investment Treaty Approach

German Development Institute Discussion Paper No. 10/2008
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 12 May 2011
Axel Berger
Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) - German Development Institute (DIE)
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China, Bilateral Investment Treaties, Foreign Direct Investment

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China–Europe Relations in Climate Change Mitigation: A Conceptual Framework

Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 17 Mar 2012 Last Revised: 14 Mar 2013
Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) - German Development Institute (DIE), University of Wuerzburg, Aalborg University - Department of Business and Management, University of Sussex - Institute of Development Studies and University of London - School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)
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climate change, renewable energy, multilevel governance, global value chains

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FDI Perspectives: Issues in International Investment, 2nd Edition

K. Sauvant and J. Reimer, eds., New York: Vale Columbia Center on Sustainable International Investment, 2012
Number of pages: 282 Posted: 16 Aug 2018 Last Revised: 11 Nov 2018
Karl P. Sauvant, Jennifer Reimer, Todd Allee, Ilan Alon, Alice H. Amsden, Tadahiro Asami, Reuven S. Avi-Yonah, Paul Barbour, Christian Bellak, Axel Berger, Sjoerd Beugelsdijk, Subrata Bhattacharjee, Harry G. Broadman, Elizabeth Broomfield, Gert Bruche, Matthias Busse, John A. Cantwell, Aleh Cherp, Lorenzo Cotula, Nandita Dasgupta, Kenneth Davies, Alexandre de Gramont, Armand Claude de Mestral, Kabir Duggal, Persephone Economou, John Evans, David N. Fagan, Mark Feldman, Hermann Ferré, Daniel M. Firger, Daniel M. Firger, Veljko Fotak, Susan Franck, Kevin P. Gallagher, Nilgun Gokgur, Kathryn Gordon, Jose Guimon, Thilo Hanemann, Torfinn Harding, Jean-François Hennart, Seev Hirsch, Wing (Xiaoying) Huo, Beata Smarzynska Javorcik, Nathan M. Jensen, Lise Johnson, Thomas Jost, George Kahale III, Kalman Kalotay, Laza Kekic, John M. Kline, Charles Kovacs, Jürgen Kurtz, Jo En Low, Miguel Pérez Ludeña, Edmund J. Malesky, Geraldine McAllister, William L. Megginson, Sophie Meunier, Michael Mortimore, Joel Moser, Michael D. Nolan, Peter Nunnenkamp, Terutomo Ozawa, Clint Peinhardt, Nicolás M. Perrone, Luke Eric Peterson, Mark Plotkin, Joachim Pohl, Lauge N. Skovgaard Poulsen, Carlos Razo, Daniel Rosen, Martin Roy, Giorgio Sacerdoti, Premila Nazareth Satyanand, Manfred Schekulin, Stephan W. Schill, Francisco Colman Sercovich, Arjen HL Slangen, Roger Smeets, Hans Smit, M. Sornarajah, Frederic G. Sourgens, Jonathan Strauss, Kenneth P. Thomas, Margo Thomas, Perrine Toledano, Julien Topal, Anne van Aaken, Anne van Aaken, Gus Van Harten, Daniel Villar, Sandy Walker, Mira Wilkins, Jason W. Yackee and Chen Zhao
Columbia University - Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment, Independent, Independent, University of Agder - School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Independent, University of Michigan Law School, Independent, WU, Vienna University of Economics and BA, Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) - German Development Institute (DIE), University of Groningen, Heenan Blaikie LLP, World Bank - Europe and Central Asia Region, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, Berlin School of Economics and Law, Ruhr-University Bochum, Rutgers Business School - Newark and New Brunswick, Central European University, Independent, Independent, Columbia University, Independent, McGill University - Faculty of Law, Independent, World Bank Group, Saint Peter's University, Independent, Peking University School of Transnational Law, Independent, New York University School of LawColumbia Center for Climate Change Law, School of Management, University at Buffalo (SUNY), American University - Washington College of Law, Boston University, Independent, Investment Division, OECD, Autonomous University of Madrid, Independent, University of Oxford, Tilburg University - Tilburg University School of Economics and Management, Tel Aviv University - Faculty of Management, Independent, University of Oxford - Department of Economics, Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Political Science, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment, University of Applied Sciences Aschaffenburg, Independent, Institute of World Economics, Independent, Independent, Independent, University of Melbourne - Law School, Independent, Independent, Duke University, Political Science, Columbia University, University of Oklahoma, Princeton University - Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, Independent, Independent, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, University of Kiel, East-West Center, University of Texas at Dallas, Escuela de Derecho, Universidad de Valparaíso, Independent, Independent, Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) - Investment Division, University College London, United Nations, Independent, World Trade Organization (WTO) - Trade in Services Division, Bocconi University - Department of Law, Independent, Government of the Republic of Austria - Federal Ministry of Economics and Labour, University of Amsterdam, Independent, University of Amsterdam Business School, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - Management & Global Business, Columbia University - Law School, National University of Singapore - Faculty of Law, Washburn University - School of Law, Independent, University of Missouri at Saint Louis, Independent, Columbia University - Vale Columbia Center on Sustainable International Investment, European University Institute - Department of Political and Social Sciences (SPS), Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective GoodsUniversity of Hamburg, Law School, York University - Osgoode Hall Law School, Columbia University - Columbia Business School, Economics, Independent, Florida International University (FIU) - Department of Economics, University of Wisconsin Law School and Independent
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Towards G20 Guiding Principles on Investment Facilitation for Sustainable Development

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 04 Apr 2019
Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) - German Development Institute (DIE), Sussex Law School, University of Sussex, University of Tsukuba, Columbia University - Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment and World Economic Forum
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Towards G20 Guiding Principles on Investment Facilitation for Sustainable Development

T20 Task Force on Trade, Investment and Globalization, 18 January 2019
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 16 Oct 2023
Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) - German Development Institute (DIE), Sussex Law School, University of Sussex, University of Tsukuba, Columbia University - Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment and World Economic Forum
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Do Investor-State Dispute Settlement Cases Influence Domestic Environmental Regulation? The Role of Respondent State Capacity

Number of pages: 63 Posted: 02 Feb 2020
Tarald Laudal Berge and Axel Berger
University of Oslo, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Political Science and Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) - German Development Institute (DIE)
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investor–state dispute settlement; international investment agreements; environmental regulation; state capacity; regulatory capacity; bureaucratic capacity; economic capacity; regulatory chill

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Hesitant Embrace: China's Recent Approach to International Investment Rule-Making

Journal of World Investment and Trade, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 23 Jun 2015
Axel Berger
Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) - German Development Institute (DIE)
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China, international investment agreements, foreign direct investments

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Facilitating Sustainable Investment To Build Back Better

Journal of World Trade, vol. 55 (Nov. 2021), pp. 881-894.
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 11 Oct 2021 Last Revised: 21 Feb 2023
Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) - German Development Institute (DIE), UIBE - Center for Int'l Economic Law & Policy (CIELP), Law School,, European University Institute - Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies (RSCAS), University of Geneva, Faculty of Law, Columbia University - Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment and World Economic Forum
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Do Trade and Investment Agreements Lead to More FDI? Accounting for Key Provisions Inside the Black Box

Kiel Working Paper No. 1647
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 13 May 2011
Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) - German Development Institute (DIE), Ruhr-University Bochum, University of Kiel and World Trade Organization (WTO) - Trade in Services Division
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foreign direct investment, bilateral investment treaties, regional trade agreements, admission rules, investor-state dispute settlement

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Moving the G20's Investment Agenda Forward

Transnational Corporations Review, vol. 10 (2018), issue 3, pp. 262-267
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 28 Jun 2018 Last Revised: 17 Dec 2018
Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) - German Development Institute (DIE), Columbia University - Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment, Universidad Catolica Argentina, World Trade Institute - University of Bern, World Economic Forum, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) and Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy
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More Stringent BITs, Less Ambiguous Effects on FDI? Not a Bit!

Kiel Working Paper No. 1621
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 12 May 2011
Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) - German Development Institute (DIE), Ruhr-University Bochum, University of Kiel and World Trade Organization (WTO) - Trade in Services Division
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Dispute Settlement, BITs, FDI Flows

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Investment Rules in Chinese PTIAs - A Partial 'NAFTA-ization'

Forthcoming in: Rainer Hofmann / Stephan Schill / Christian Tams (eds.) (2013): The Rise of Preferential Trade and Investment Agreements : Bridging the Gap?, Baden-Baden: Nomos
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 08 Nov 2012 Last Revised: 14 Mar 2013
Axel Berger
Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) - German Development Institute (DIE)
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China, PTIAs, BITs, policy diffusion

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International Economic Cooperation in Troubled Times: A Call for Strong Action by the G20 (and Letter to the Editor) (Cooperación económica internacional en tiempos difíciles: un llamado a una acción firme por parte del G20)

Number of pages: 15 Posted: 02 Dec 2018 Last Revised: 18 Jan 2019
Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) - German Development Institute (DIE), World Bank, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena - Economics Department, University of St. Gallen, Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) - German Development Institute (DIE), Independent Adviser, Independent, Council on Economic Policies (CEP) and Columbia University - Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
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New Industrial Revolution: Upgrading Trade and Investment Frameworks for Digitalization

Number of pages: 17 Posted: 17 Feb 2020
Independent Adviser, Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) - German Development Institute (DIE), affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) - German Development Institute (DIE), affiliation not provided to SSRN, Politecnico di Milano - Dipartimento di Ingegneria Gestionale, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI) and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Digital Economy, Trade, WTO, e-commerce, development, global economic governance

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Competition and Cooperation between Europe and China in the Wind Power Sector

IDS Working Paper, Volume 2011 Number 377
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 04 Jan 2012 Last Revised: 02 Apr 2012
Aalborg University - Department of Business and Management, Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) - German Development Institute (DIE), University of Sussex - Institute of Development Studies and Institute of World Economics
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wind power, global value chain, competition, cooperation, Europe, China

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What Opportunities Do the New EU International Investment Agreements Offer for Developing Countries?

Number of pages: 4 Posted: 14 Mar 2013
Axel Berger
Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) - German Development Institute (DIE)
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EU, Lisbon Treaty, developing countries, international investment agreements, foreign direct investment

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What Should Development Policy Actors Do About the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)?

German development institute, Briefing Paper 1/2015
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 06 Jul 2016
Axel Berger and Clara A. Brandi
Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) - German Development Institute (DIE) and Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) - German Development Institute (DIE)
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TTIP, Free Trade Agreements, Developing Countries

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Attracting FDI Through BITs and RTAs: Does Treaty Content Matter?

Columbia FDI Perspectives No. 75
Posted: 02 Aug 2012
Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) - German Development Institute (DIE), Ruhr-University Bochum, University of Kiel and World Trade Organization (WTO) - Trade in Services Division

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foreign direct investment, bilateral investment treaties, regional trade agreements, admission rules, investor-state dispute settlement

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China's Impact on the Global Wind Power Industry

Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, Vol. 42, No. 1, 2013, p. 37-69
Posted: 01 Apr 2012 Last Revised: 24 Mar 2015
Rasmus Lema, Axel Berger and Hubert Schmitz
Aalborg University - Department of Business and Management, Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) - German Development Institute (DIE) and University of Sussex - Institute of Development Studies

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wind power, global value chain, competition, cooperation, China, Asian Drivers

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Total Downloads: 139
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Putting FDI on the G20 Agenda

op. ed., Project Syndicate, August 3, 2018
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 25 Oct 2018 Last Revised: 09 Aug 2023
Karl P. Sauvant and Axel Berger
Columbia University - Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment and Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) - German Development Institute (DIE)
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