Incentives and the Delegation of Decision Making Power in Sovereign Wealth Funds

The paper models the incentives of a politician to delegate the decision making power in a sovereign wealth fund to an independent external manager. It formalizes the learning-effects as well as the increase of transparency of the SWF and the rise of investment possibilities associated with higher t...

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Publié dans:MAGKS - Joint Discussion Paper Series in Economics (Band 17-2011)
Auteur principal: Grigoryan, Artur
Format: Arbeit
Langue:anglais
Publié: Philipps-Universität Marburg 2011
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Résumé:The paper models the incentives of a politician to delegate the decision making power in a sovereign wealth fund to an independent external manager. It formalizes the learning-effects as well as the increase of transparency of the SWF and the rise of investment possibilities associated with higher transparency. It also focuses on the role of elections as a basic mechanism to control and discipline politicians. I show that the politician has incentives for strategic behaviour if voters have incomplete information about his competence. The paper also studies when the delegation of decision making power is socially optimal and under which circumstances it takes place.
Description matérielle:31 Seiten
ISSN:1867-3678
DOI:10.17192/es2024.0083