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The Political Economy of Sovereign Wealth Funds

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  • © 2010

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Editors:
  1. Xu Yi-chong

    1. Griffith University, Australia

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  2. Gawdat Bahgat

    1. National Defence University, USA

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Part of the book series: International Political Economy Series (IPES)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. The Political Economy of Sovereign Wealth Funds

    • Xu Yi-chong
    Pages 1-25

  3. Contributing to a Harmonious Society: China’s Sovereign Wealth Fund

    • Leong H Liew, Liping He
    Pages 26-46

  4. Between Principles and Politics: The Pragmatic Practice of Singapore’s Sovereign Wealth Funds

    • Yvonne C. L. Lee
    Pages 47-71

  5. Kuwait Investment Authority – An Assessment

    • Gawdat Bahgat
    Pages 72-87

  6. Sovereign Wealth Funds in the United Arab Emirates

    • Joseph A Kéchichian
    Pages 88-112

  7. Russia’s SWFs: Controlled by a Domestic Agenda

    • Stephen Fortescue
    Pages 113-131

  8. Some Macroeconomic Implications of the Future Fund

    • John Freebairn
    Pages 132-142

  9. The Political Economy of Australia’s Future Fund – The Political Dimension

    • Richard Eccleston
    Pages 143-156

  10. Aboriginal Investment Funds in Australia

    • Ciaran O’Faircheallaigh
    Pages 157-176

  11. Norway – The Accidental Role Model

    • Bent Sofus Tranøy
    Pages 177-201

  12. Nationalism or Capitalism? Sovereign Wealth Funds of Non-OECD Countries

    • Jørgen Ørstrøm Møller
    Pages 202-227

  13. The USA’s Policy on Sovereign Wealth Funds’ Investments

    • Gawdat Bahgat
    Pages 228-244

  14. Global Disequilibria

    • Xu Yi-chong
    Pages 245-267

  15. Back Matter

    Pages 268-272
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This book examines the origin, nature, the portfolio, organizational structure and operation of the seven largest SWFs from the perspective of the holding countries. Uniquely it tackles the issues from the perspectives of those non-OECD countries whose access to funds creates the most concern.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Griffith University, Australia

    Xu Yi-chong

  • National Defence University, USA

    Gawdat Bahgat

About the editors

RICHARD ECCLESTON is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Government, University of Tasmania, Australia STEPHEN FORTESCUE is Associate Professor in the School of Social Science and International Studies, University of New South Wales, Australia JOHN FREEBAIRN is Ritchie Professor of Economics at the University of Melbourne, Australia HE LIPING is Professor and Chair in the Department of Finance, School of Economics and Business Administration, Beijing Normal University, China, and is a member of China Economy 50-person Forum JOSE KÉCHICHIAN is CEO of Kéchichian & Associates, LLC, and Honorary Consul of the Sultanate of Oman in Los Angeles, USA YVONNE C.L. LEE is Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore, Malaysia LEONG LIEW is Professor and Head of the Department of International Business& Asian Studies at Griffith University, Australia JØRGEN ØRSTRØM MØLLER is Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore, Malaysia; Adjunct Professor at Singapore Management University& Copenhagen Business School CIARAN O'FAIRCHEALLAIGH is Professor of Politics and Public Policy at Griffith University, Australia BENT SOFUS TRANØY is Associate Professor at University of Oslo, Norway and Senior Researcher at the Institute of Labor Research (Fafo).

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