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The Political Economy of Sovereign Wealth FundsThe Political Economy of Sovereign Wealth Funds

The Political Economy of Sovereign Wealth Funds: The Political Economy of Sovereign Wealth Funds [A spectre is stalking the world’s governments, businesses and press: it is a spectre of a special type of fund, one that buys strategic resources around the world, hollows out companies, gobbles up financial institutions and threatens the sovereignty of the countries in whose resources and companies it invests. It is the spectre of sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) – dedicated government investment vehicles from China, Russia and the Gulf states, among others. These SWFs, critics declare, are the Trojan horse of states that generally are neither democratic nor share the traditions, political systems or legal systems of many OECD countries. They are ‘the new bogeymen of global finance’ (Plender 2007). To others, SWFs are no more than a financial flare, a fad that will fade quickly as the global financial crisis subsides.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

The Political Economy of Sovereign Wealth FundsThe Political Economy of Sovereign Wealth Funds

Part of the International Political Economy Series Book Series
Editors: Yi-chong, Xu; Bahgat, Gawdat
Yi-chong, Xu
The Political Economy of Sovereign Wealth Funds — Aug 7, 2010
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Palgrave Macmillan UK
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© Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2010
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978-1-349-31681-6
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1 –25
DOI
10.1057/9780230290648_1
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Abstract

[A spectre is stalking the world’s governments, businesses and press: it is a spectre of a special type of fund, one that buys strategic resources around the world, hollows out companies, gobbles up financial institutions and threatens the sovereignty of the countries in whose resources and companies it invests. It is the spectre of sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) – dedicated government investment vehicles from China, Russia and the Gulf states, among others. These SWFs, critics declare, are the Trojan horse of states that generally are neither democratic nor share the traditions, political systems or legal systems of many OECD countries. They are ‘the new bogeymen of global finance’ (Plender 2007). To others, SWFs are no more than a financial flare, a fad that will fade quickly as the global financial crisis subsides.]

Published: Aug 7, 2010

Keywords: International Monetary Fund; United Arab Emirate; Pension Fund; Hedge Fund; Private Equity

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