The gulf corporation council sovereign wealth funds: Are they instruments for economic diversification or political tools?

Asian Economic Papers

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 124-151

  El Kharouf, Farouk ^a   Al Qudsi, Sulayman ^b   Obeid, Shifa ^b  

^a Global Strategy and Governance SA Switzerland   (Switzerland)

^b Arab Bank Jordan   (Jordan)

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EID: 77952033052     PISSN: 15353516     EISSN: 15360083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/asep.2010.9.1.124     Document Type: Article

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