What accounts for the spread of Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs)? Despite the increasing
importance of SWFs in the global economy, we lack persuasive systematic answers to that …

The paper deals with the important financial policy issue of the decision for a country to
establish a sovereign wealth fund (SWF). Using a large-scale database, we analyze the …

Sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) pose a unique paradox for analysts of foreign policy. Their
nature as sovereign means that they could potentially act as an instrument of a state's …

In the past decade, sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) have been very active in western
economies with massive liquidity injections and numerous stakes in various strategic areas …

A key concern of international political economy for a generation of scholars has been the
retreat of the state. As Susan Strange (1994, 1996) posited more than 20 years ago, global …

This book describes and assesses an emerging threat to states' territorial control and
sovereignty: the hostile control of companies that carry out privatized aspects of sovereign …

Abstract At 2.5 trillion dollars, South Africa is endowed with the world's most valuable
mineral treasure. Simple logic suggests that the country's comparative geological …

During the 2008 global economic crisis Sovereign Wealth Funds [SWFs](state owned
investment vehicles that invest in the global financial markets for the benefit of the …

While sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) have existed for some time, policymakers have only
focused their attention on SWFs in recent decades, primarily due to the rising effectiveness …

Abstract Italian Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (hereinafter CDP), German Kreditanstalt fuer
Wiederaufbau (hereinafter KfW), and French Caisse des Dépots et Consignations …