Jamaica's 1970s bauxite production levy is a case of policy (not institutional) damage: although an international tribunal ruled there was no illegal expropriation, the multinational bauxite companies 'voted with their feet' and Jamaican bauxite production never recovered, showing that arbitrary tax-regime uncertainty deters investment even where property rights are legally upheld.
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Peter HenryEvidence Quote
“it's fairly widely accepted that this was a kind of direct response by the multinationals to essentially the imposition of uncertainty”
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