Human Rights and The Allocation of Foreign Aid: A Cross-National Analysis of the Last years of the Cold War, 1980–1989

Gomez, SimonPeter

doi:10.1016/j.soscij.2007.03.018

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“…While the logic of transaction costs helps explain why the regime is primarily multilateral, there is still the possibility that multilateral instruments would be complemented by bilateralism. And, to some extent, they are, as rich countries sometimes tie the choice of foreign aid recipients and trading partenrs to their human rights practices (Gomez ; Hafner‐Burton ). This may reflect a sense among governments that human rights practices generate greater externalities than they used to, especially to the extent that they generate more media attention and affect political stability.…”

Section: Institutional Outcomesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Multilateralism, Bilateralism, and Regime Design

Thompson

Verdier

2013

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Different international regimes are built from legal instruments that vary in terms of whether they are multilateral, bilateral, or a combination thereof. We investigate the reasons for such variation. The choice between multilateralism and bilateralism is a function of the tradeoff between each instrument's relative flaw. Multilateralism is wasteful in incentives, as the same agreement is offered to all states regardless of their compliance costs. Bilateralism mitigates this problem by allowing for more tailored agreements but in the process multiplies transaction costs by requiring many of them. We use a formal model to generate propositions on the design of "lateralism" and the related issue of membership size and offer illustrations in the context of four regimes: foreign direct investment, human rights, climate change, and international trade.International Studies Quarterly (2014) 58, 15-28

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Section: Institutional Outcomesmentioning

confidence: 99%