expropriation

• Expropriation

• Seizure: Government and the Nationalization of Corporate Assets

In recent years foreign direct investment in developing nations has come under threat by government policies seeking to expropriate or nationalize the assets of foreign corporations. A variety of political and economic motivations have given rise to expropriation activities. This paper examines both the political, economic and legal basis underpinning these expropriation activities and outlines a corporate risk management strategy designed to confront these emerging political/economic threats.

• Competition Forum
• Vol. 7 Nbr. 2, July 2009

• Understanding the Regulations on Expropriation and Compensation of Housing on State-owned Land.

With urbanization surging in China, conflicts triggered by urban housing demolition constitute a grave threat to social stability. In order to cope wi...

• Mondaq Business Briefing
• Nbr. 2011, January 2011

• The NAFTA chapter 11 expropriation debate through the eyes of a property theorist.

I. INTRODUCTION II. BACKGROUND ON NAFTA CHAPTER 11 III. THE FUNDAMENTAL THEORETICAL DISTINCTION BETWEEN "DIRECT EXPROPRIATION" AND "INDIRECT EXPROPRIA...

• Environmental Law
• Vol. 33 Nbr. 4, September 2003

• Barriers to Foreign Direct Investment Under Political Instability

Foreign direct investment (FDI), as pointed out by Kindleberger, arises when the host country has an investment opportunity that it cannot exploit by itself because it lacks the means or technical know-how, or because of market incompleteness. A multinational corporation (MNC) may be able to exploit such an opportunity because it has the necessary capital, technology, and managerial skills to do so. In this article, the authors describe some stylized facts about expropriation episodes and other lessons learned from the empirical literature on FDI. The authors then summarize some of the main theories attempting to explain the effects of expropriation on investment and growth. Finally, they develop a theory that relates each type of expropriation to political instability and concentration...

• Economic Quarterly - Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
• Vol. 93 Nbr. 3, July 2007

• Expropriation With Compensation.

Edited by Stephen Antle It is a defining attribute of government that it has the power to take private property for public purposes, without the own...

• Mondaq Business Briefing
• Nbr. 2010, January 2010

• 26 CFR 1.172-9 - Election with respect to portion of net operating loss attributable to foreign expropriation loss.

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 26: Internal Revenue

• Antigua - The Rabid Dog of Expropriation Bites Again and Again.

Once a rabid dog tastes blood, it is only a short matter of time before it bites again. The initial victim of expropriation was the flagship Half Mo...

• Mondaq Business Briefing
• Nbr. 2010, January 2010

• 26 USC 1351 - Sec. 1351. Treatment of recoveries of foreign expropriation losses

• US Code - Title 26: Internal Revenue Code

• Antigua - Expropriation's Shadow Grows.

Whilst Harold Lovell selectively purports that all is well with Antigua's investment rankings with the Paris Club, and the Government now seeks to lau...

• Mondaq Business Briefing
• Nbr. 2011, January 2011

• Arbitration On Anniversary of Expropriation

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Emmis Communications Corporation (Nasdaq: EMMS) (www.emmis.com) has joined with Accession Mezzanine Capital (AMC) today in filing a request for arbitration at the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) against the Republic of Hungary. The claimants operated the two national commercial radio stations in Hungary, Slager Radio and Danubius Radio, under licenses granted by the Hungarian broadcast regulator, ORTT. Two years ago on this date --October 28, 2009 -- ORTT awarded these licenses to two Hungarian entities with close ties to the two largest Hungarian political parties.

• U.S. Newswire
• October 28, 2011