Determinants of sovereign wealth fund investment in private equity vs public equity

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 155-172

  Johan, Sofia A ^a,b   Knill, April ^c   Mauck, Nathan ^d  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Tilburg Law and Economics Center (TILEC)   (Netherlands)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

financial markets; government policy and regulation; legality; political relations and regulation; private equity and portfolio diversification; sovereign wealth fund

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874912170     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jibs.2013.1     Document Type: Article

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