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Fonds souverains et gouvernance d’entreprise : une réponse minimaliste au nouveau mercantilisme

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  • Ronald J. Gilson
  • Curtis J. Milhaupt

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[fre] La suspension des droits de vote des fonds souverains répond à l'un des aspects de la concurrence entre le capitalisme de marché et le capitalisme néo-mercantiliste. Elle résout le problème immédiat de l'utilisation de la structure de gouvernance d'une entité contrôlée par le fonds souverain pour influer sur ses décisions et favoriser les intérêts du propriétaire du fonds (pays d'origine) au détriment des autres actionnaires et, éventuellement, du pays hôte lui-même. Cette solution ne peut pas résoudre les problèmes plus vastes que suscite l'interaction entre des conceptions différentes de capitalisme, mais elle peut répondre au principal risque posé par les fonds souverains : que la crainte d'un comportement stratégique des entités contrôlées par des gouvernements étrangers provoque une violente réaction protectionniste. . Classification JEI : F30, G29, C34 [eng] Sovereign Wealth Funds and Corporate Governance : a Minimalist Response to the New Mercantilism . Suspension of the voting rights of sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) addresses one facet of the competition between market and new-mercantilist capitalism. It solves the immediate problem at which it is addressed : the use of a portfolio company's corporate governance structure to influence its decisions in a fashion that works to the advantage of the SWF's government owner at the expense of the portfolio company' s other shareholders and potentially the host country itself. This solution cannot solve the larger problems that arise from the interaction of different concepts of capitalism, but it can address the most serous risk SWFs pose : that the perception of strategic behavior by foreign state-owned entities will result in a protectionist backlash. . JEL Classification : F30, G29, G34

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  • Ronald J. Gilson & Curtis J. Milhaupt, 2009. "Fonds souverains et gouvernance d’entreprise : une réponse minimaliste au nouveau mercantilisme," Revue d'Économie Financière, Programme National Persée, vol. 9(1), pages 373-393.
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    DOI: 10.3406/ecofi.2009.5446
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    • F30 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - General
    • G29 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Other
    • G34 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Mergers; Acquisitions; Restructuring; Corporate Governance

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