Sovereign Wealth Funds: A literature review

Bader Alhashel

Journal of Economics and Business, 2015, vol. 78, issue C, 13 pages

Abstract: This paper reviews the research on the $6.65trillion dollar Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWF). The literature, which has only appeared in the last few years, focuses for the most part on the investment behavior of SWFs, especially in light of calls for the regulation of these financial entities. The literature exhibits strong support for the idea that the motives of SWFs are economic, rather than political, as their opponents would claim. There appears to be conflicting evidence as to whether SWFs increase value.

Keywords: Sovereign Wealth Funds; SWFs; Institutional investors; Blockholders (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G15 G23 G28 G32 G34 G38 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jeconbus.2014.10.001

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