Bounded Rationality and Economic Diplomacy: The Politics of Investment Treaties in Developing Countries
- Submitting institution
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University College London
- Unit of assessment
- 19 - Politics and International Studies
- Output identifier
- 8838
- Type
- A - Authored book
- DOI
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10.1017/CBO9781316401941
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- ISBN
- 9781107119536
- Open access status
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- Month of publication
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- Year of publication
- 2015
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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0
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- Yes
- Double-weighted statement
- The 264-page book is the result of seven years of research. It provides a novel theoretical framework combining insights from behavioural economics and psychology with theories from international political economy. The book explores why and how developing countries entered into investment treaties – the perhaps most potent instruments in international economic law. The analysis builds on a wealth of empirical material: elite interviews from around the world, extensive archival work, and econometric analyses. By highlighting the role of bounded rationality in global economic governance, the book provides a novel theoretical perspective to understand the sometimes-irrational nature of economic diplomacy.
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- There is no significant material in common, but the 2015 book summarises the core findings of a 2013 article on pages 141-146. The 264-page book focuses on a broader question (why did developing countries adopt investment treaties), distinct from the question in the article (why did developing countries slow down investment treaty adoption) and a broader theoretical contribution (an integrated theoretical framework on negotiations and treaty design based on behavioural psychology), distinct from the one in the article (focusing mainly on a single heuristic). The book incorporates a much broader range of interviews, empirical analyses, and new archival work.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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