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- Title
Determinants of partial versus full cross-border acquisitions for Sovereign Wealth Funds.
- Authors
Amar, J.; Arouri, M.; Dufrénot, G.; Lecourt, C.
- Abstract
In this paper, we investigate the determinants of equity shares purchased by Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs). Based on the literature of cross-border acquisitions and entry mode choice theory, we shed light on the real drivers of these state-owned funds when they buy small or large stakes in cross-border target firms. Using an original dataset of SWF acquisitions over the period 2000–2015, a Two-Part Fractional Regression Model is estimated to account for both the fractional nature of the dependent variable as well as the separation between the decision to invest and that concerning the share of equity invested. We find that the decision to invest and the decision on the share of equity to be acquired are two distinct processes. We also find that SWFs take the investment decision in cross-border target firms by trying to reduce transaction costs and information asymmetry according to the cross-border acquisition theory, and also by taking the legal and institutional environment of the host country into consideration. However, the fact that they do not hesitate to take large shares or to acquire targeted firms that are considered to be strategic and located in politically unstable countries suggests that their motives may go beyond financial consideration.
- Subjects
SOVEREIGN wealth funds; INSTITUTIONAL environment; TRANSACTION costs; INFORMATION asymmetry; SEPARATION of variables
- Publication
Review of World Economics, 2024, Vol 160, Issue 2, p509
- ISSN
1610-2878
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10290-023-00504-6