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Poor institutions, rich mines : resource curse and the origins of the Sicilian mafia
Buonanno, Paolo; Durante, Ruben; Prarolo, Giovanni; … - 2012 - This version: August, 2012
This study explains the emergence of the Sicilian mafia in the XIX century as the product of the interaction between natural resource abundance and weak institutions. We advance the hypothesis that the mafia emerged after the collapse of the Bourbon Kingdom in a context characterized by a severe...
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Natural resources and exports diversification in Cameroon : does corruption matter?
Ngameni, Joseph Pasky; Ngassam, Sylvain Bertelet; … - In: Research in globalization 6 (2023), pp. 1-12
This paper examines the role of corruption in the relationship between natural resources and exports diversifi­ cation … diversification while forest and mineral resources decrease export diversification. Also, in the short run, executive corruption …, executive corruption instead mitigates the negative effect of natural resources irrespective of their type on export …
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Does information break the political resource curse? : experimental evidence from Mozambique
Armand, Alex; Coutts, Alexander; Vicente, Pedro C.; … - 2019
through corruption and rent-seeking by those closest to political power. One prominent consequence is the emergence of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011958005
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Diversification, Dutch disease, and economic growth : options for Uganda
Thorvaldur Gylfason; Nganou, Jean-Pascal Nguessa - 2014 - This Version: November 14, 2014
Natural resource discoveries, even when fairly modest in terms of the revenues they are expected to generate, can have significant macroeconomic effects and implications for the conduct of fiscal and monetary policy. In this respect, Uganda is no different from other oil-rich countries. In five...
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Resource-richness and economic growth in contemporary U.S.
Jaimes, Richard; Gerlagh, Reyer - 2017
Between 1997 and 2014, US corn, soybean and cotton production almost fully converted to genetically modified crops. Starting around 2007, improved tight oil and shale gas technologies turned the declining US fossil fuel production into a booming industry. We study the effects of these two...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011761618
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Diversifying and benchmarking Madagascar
Thorvaldur Gylfason; Nganou, Jean-Pascal Nguessa - 2024
Because excessive specialization can be risky, diversification matters for sustainable development. A case study of Madagascar, this paper begins by briefly discussing economic and institutional diversification and presenting a simple model of production possibilities to illuminate the possible...
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The Rentier Predatory State Hypothesis : An Empirical Explanation of the Resource Curse
Alkhater, Khalid R. - 2011
This paper introduces an empirical growth model that explains the observed perplexing growth-resource regime, dubbed the resource curse. The main hypothesis introduced here, the rentier predatory state hypothesis, holds that under autocracy, the interaction between political power and resource...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014187606
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Resources, Agriculture, and Economic Growth in Economies in Transition
Gylfason, Thorvaldur - 2010
heavy dependence on natural resources and agriculture may result in rent seeking (e.g., corruption) and policy failures (e …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014199132
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The Rentier Predatory State : An Empirical Investigation of the 'Resource Curse'
Alkhater, Khalid R. - 2009
This paper introduces an empirical growth model that explains the observed perplexing growth-resource regime, dubbed the resource curse. The main hypothesis introduced here, the rentier predatory state hypothesis, holds that under autocracy, the interaction between political power and resource...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014202091
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An Analysis of the Relevance of the Resource Curse to Australia, and Policy Implications
Bucifal, Stanislav; George, Terry; Ahmed, Nur - 2009
This paper and associated presentation explores the economic phenomenon of the so called ‘resource curse’. We begin by defining the phrase and outlining the main individual ‘curses’ and their causes to give the reader a broad understanding of what is meant by the phrase. This is followed...
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