Human Rights Signaling and Foreign Direct Investments After Civil Wars

Simple item page
dc.contributor.advisorShea, Patrick E.
dc.contributor.committeeMemberChatagnier, J. Tyson
dc.contributor.committeeMemberKirkland, Justin H.
dc.contributor.committeeMemberPolo, Sara M. T.
dc.creatorChristian, Charlotte E.
dc.creator.orcid0000-0001-8595-6017
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-23T13:06:03Z
dc.date.createdAugust 2018
dc.date.issued2018-08
dc.date.submittedAugust 2018
dc.date.updated2019-05-23T13:06:03Z
dc.description.abstractThis paper seeks to examine the role of human rights policies in the wake of civil wars and how they serve as a signaling mechanism to Foreign Direct Investors (FDIs) about a country’s internal stability and environment for investments. I argue that signals are particularly salient in the information-poor environment that follows immediately after the civil war and that these signals can provide clues to various actors about regime interests and approaches to post-conflict commitment issues. I argue that countries which maintains a hierarchical relationship with the United States will be more compelled to improve human rights because they are disadvantaged in other FDI signaling aspects. Using observational data of countries that experienced civil wars 1981-2006, I model how human rights change following the conclusion of civil wars and in the presence of US hierarchical relations, and whether a change in human rights has an effect on post-conflict FDI.
dc.description.departmentPolitical Science, Department of
dc.format.digitalOriginborn digital
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10657/3956
dc.language.isoeng
dc.rightsThe author of this work is the copyright owner. UH Libraries and the Texas Digital Library have their permission to store and provide access to this work. Further transmission, reproduction, or presentation of this work is prohibited except with permission of the author(s).
dc.subjectHuman Rights
dc.subjectCivil wars
dc.subjectFDI
dc.titleHuman Rights Signaling and Foreign Direct Investments After Civil Wars
dc.type.dcmiText
dc.type.genreThesis
local.embargo.lift2020-08-01
local.embargo.terms2020-08-01
thesis.degree.collegeCollege of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
thesis.degree.departmentPolitical Science, Department of
thesis.degree.disciplinePolitical Science
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Houston
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts

Files

Original bundle

Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
CHRISTIAN-THESIS-2018.pdf
Size:
645.41 KB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Download

License bundle

Now showing 1 - 2 of 2
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
PROQUEST_LICENSE.txt
Size:
4.43 KB
Format:
Plain Text
Description:
Download
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
LICENSE.txt
Size:
1.82 KB
Format:
Plain Text
Description:
Download

Collections

Published ETD Collection