How Sovereign Wealth Funds Shape Host Country Policy

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Brief Overview

We show that sovereign wealth funds leverage equity investments to influence host country policy by redirecting corporate lobbying toward home state interests. States thus exploit regulatory loopholes to weaponize investment as statecraft.

Authors

• Andrew Fairley, University of Wisconsin–Madison

• John Hicks, University of Wisconsin–Madison