Article
Sovereign Investment: An Introduction
Sovereign Investment: Concerns and Policy Reactions
(2012)
Abstract
The authors discuss a number of issues related to the rise of sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) and state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in the world FDI market. More specifically, they review the type of sovereign FDI vehicles, identify the principal concerns related to them (focusing on national security and transparency), discuss the national and supranational policy reactions, and conclude with an outlook. The volume itself contains contributions by Mark Gordon and Sabastian V. Niles; Stephany Griffith-Jones and José Antonio Ocampo; Paola Subacchi; Daniel M. Shapiro and Steven Globerman; Katharina Pistor; Mark A. Clodfelter and Francesca M.S. Guerrero; Rolando Avendaño and Javier Santiso; José E. Alvarez; Patrick DeSouza and W. Michael Reisman; Alan M. Rugman; James Mendenhall; Edwin M. Truman; Clay Lowery; Alan P. Larson, David N. Fagan, Alexander A. Berengaut, and Mark E. Plotkin; A. Edward Safarian; Thomas Jost; Julien Chaisse; Kathryn Gordon and David Gaukrodger; Udaibir S. Das, Adnan Mazarei, and Alison Stuart; and Maya Steinitz.
Publication Date
2012
Citation Information
Wouter P.F. Schmit Jongbloed, Lisa E. Sachs and Karl P. Sauvant, "Sovereign Investment: An Introduction,” in Karl P. Sauvant, Lisa Sachs and Wouter Schmit-Jongbloed, eds., Sovereign Investment: Concerns and Policy Reactions (New York: Oxford University Press, 2012), pp. 3-23.