Why Wait? Firms, Governments, and the Timing of International Investment Disputes

• In Event: Actors in International Relations: Beyond National Governments

Brief Overview

This paper develops a new theory and analyzes new data on the time it takes firms to file international investment claims using the controversial Investor State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) system.

Authors

• Andrew Lugg, University of Nevada-Las Vegas

• Jared Oestman, University of Nevada-Las Vegas

• Kevin Navarrete-Parra, University of Nevada-Las Vegas

• Seung-Uk Huh, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign