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Type Working Paper
Scope Discipline-based scholarship
Title Multilateral Agreement On Investments (MAI) - A Critical Assessment From an Industrial Economics Point of View
Organization Unit
Authors
  • Andreas Polk
Language
  • English
Institution University of Zurich
Series Name Working paper series / Socioeconomic Institute
Number No. 201
Date 2002
Abstract Text Though the Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI) has failed, the original draft is likely to serve as a basis for future negotiations. This article gives a critical assessment of the draft from an industrial economics point of view. First, I summarize the contents of the agreement which is relevant for market structure and competition. Then I develop the industrial economics approach, which serves as a basis for criticism. I conclude that a multilateral agreement on investment should (i) recognize competition concerns, (ii) give a suitable de.nition of investment, and (iii) should help to establish competition authorities in less developed countries.
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