Comments on: Oklahoma Loves SWFs

By: Who is the King of SWFs? « Oxford SWF Project

Who is the King of SWFs? « Oxford SWF Project — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 18:50:09 +0000

[...] The State recently approved a new rainy day fund that will see gross production tax collections above a three-year average [...]

By: Autonomy Preservation Funds « Oxford SWF Project

Autonomy Preservation Funds « Oxford SWF Project — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 18:39:05 +0000

[...] governments set up sovereign funds?’ Given the remarkable popularity of SWFs (from Africa to America), their paper is a welcome addition. Moreover, the authors offer extremely rich and detailed case [...]

By: A New SWF For Bangladesh « Oxford SWF Project

A New SWF For Bangladesh « Oxford SWF Project — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 20:35:43 +0000

[...] For those keeping track, this is the 13th (!) new SWF that has been announced in 2010 alone (i.e. in the last 9 months). This includes Colombia, Ghana, India, Iran, Lebanon, Mauritius, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, and Tunisia. And, on top of that, we had Ben Bernanke telling a bunch of state governors that they should consider setting up SWFs of their own (of which five already do). [...]

By: Papua New Guinea: Lessons Learned « Oxford SWF Project

Papua New Guinea: Lessons Learned « Oxford SWF Project — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 14:33:19 +0000

[...] agree. And before you throw up your hands at the idea of two SWFs in one country, consider that the State of Oklahoma has managed to justify to its voters having two SWFs. So why not PNG? Perhaps two SWFs will succeed [...]

By: Is Bernanke a Fan of SWFs? « Oxford SWF Project

Is Bernanke a Fan of SWFs? « Oxford SWF Project — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 14:22:30 +0000

[...] best I can tell, Alaska, Alabama, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Wyoming all have the types of rainy day funds that Bernanke is talking about. And these funds [...]

By: Ashby Monk

Ashby Monk — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:59:27 +0000

It is interesting to see how SWFs can be used as internal political devices to discipline the spending by rivals…

By: rien huizer

rien huizer — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 05:24:33 +0000

Completely agreed. This is a tool to make vote buying by the other side harder. An interesting use of gvt surplus (similar to the Australian Future Fund), but here in a country (US) that has severe budgetary problems.