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dc.contributor.authorMEUNIER, Sophie
dc.date.accessioned2015-01-14T13:10:25Z
dc.date.available2015-01-14T13:10:25Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.issn1028-3625
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1814/34161
dc.description.abstractHow are policy competences allocated between different actors? This paper contributes to the literature on institutional development through an in-depth case-study of the conditions under which the competence over the negotiation of agreements on foreign direct investment (FDI) was transferred from the national level to the European Union (EU) in the 2009 Lisbon Treaty. Most analysts assume that this competence shift was a rationally designed delegation, intended to maximize European bargaining power in international investment negotiations, and conceived as an important element of a teleological drive to make the EU a meaningful external actor. This paper tells a different story--one where the competence shift happened by stealth as a result of a combination of Commission entrepreneurship and historical accident, against the preferences of the Member States. The paper also assesses whether the conditions under which the competence was transferred have implications on the implementation of the new policy.en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.language.isoenen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesEUI RSCASen
dc.relation.ispartofseries2014/66en
dc.relation.ispartofseriesGlobal Governance Programme-114en
dc.relation.ispartofseriesGlobal Economicsen
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen
dc.subjectBIT
dc.subjectCommon commercial policy
dc.subjectConvention
dc.subjectEU
dc.subjectFDI
dc.subjectBITen
dc.subjectCommon commercial policyen
dc.subjectConventionen
dc.subjectEUen
dc.subjectFDIen
dc.subject.otherTrade, investment and international cooperation
dc.titleIntegration by stealth : how the European Union gained competence over foreign direct investmenten
dc.typeWorking Paperen
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