The Shield of Nationality : When Governments Break Contracts with Foreign Firms (Paperback)

1. Nationality and leverage in a globalized world; 2. When governments break contracts; 3. National diversity and contract sanctity; 4. Explaining breach around the world: quantitative tests; 5. Foreign firms and their diplomats in Ukraine; 6. Moldovan deterrence versus Romanian gold; 7. Investor-government relations in history; 8. When national diversity erodes property rights; Appendix. Case studies: methodology.