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2012

Karl P. Sauvant

International Law and Policy

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Sovereign Investment: Concerns And Policy Reactions Jan 2012

Sovereign Investment: Concerns And Policy Reactions

Karl P. Sauvant

The volume provides a holistic examination and interdisciplinary analysis of issues relating to foreign direct investment by sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) and state-owned enterprises (SOEs). SWFs currently hold over $5 trillion worth of funds. SOEs control more than $2 trillion in foreign assets. What rules and procedures do – and should -- govern sovereign investment? The editors address these and other questions in a collection of essays by leading authorities from the IMF, academic institutions, law firms, multinational enterprises, and think tanks. Together, they analyze how sovereign investment has helped to limit the effects of the current global economic crisis, …


Yearbook On International Investment Law And Policy, 2011-2012 Jan 2012

Yearbook On International Investment Law And Policy, 2011-2012

Karl P. Sauvant

Karl P. Sauvant, ed., Yearbook on International Investment Law and Policy, 2011-2012 (New York: Oxford University Press, 2012).


Sovereign Investment: An Introduction, Wouter P.F. Schmit Jongbloed, Lisa E. Sachs, Karl P. Sauvant Dec 2011

Sovereign Investment: An Introduction, Wouter P.F. Schmit Jongbloed, Lisa E. Sachs, Karl P. Sauvant

Karl P. Sauvant

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; …