Nawo, Larissa; Avom, Désiré; McNabb, Kyle; Nembot, Luc - 2019
use of sovereign wealth funds (SWFs), especially unofficial SWFs, to cement their hold on power. Unofficial SWFs are … countries between 2000-15, we investigate the effects of SWFs on duration in power. Regressions suggest that unofficial SWFs … increase leaders' time in power to a greater degree than official SWFs. Results remain consistent after a battery of control …