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Friedman’s First Law fails: Oil prices do not predict freedom

Townsend, Steve - In: Economics of Peace and Security Journal 4 (2009) 1, pp. 78-83

Thomas Friedman’s First Law of Petropolitics has acquired wide circulation and acceptance without being subjected to …

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Can more be less? An experimental test of the resource curse

Al-Ubaydli, Omar; McCabe, Kevin; Twieg, Peter - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

Several scholars have argued that abundant natural resources can be harmful to economic performance under bad institutions and helpful when institutions are good. These arguments have either been theoretical or based on naturally-occurring variation in natural resource wealth. We test this...

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The wrong suspect. An enquiry into the endogeneity of natural resource measures to civil war.

Rigterink, Anouk S. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

This paper argues that natural resources in the past have been falsely identified as a cause of civil conflict onset. The idea that natural resources spur conflict has reached a certain degree of acceptance among scholars and policy makers with a number of quantitative studies concluding that...

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Weapons of Choice

Dreher, Axel; Kreibaum, Merle - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

We investigate the effect of natural resources on whether ethno-political groups choose to pursue their goals with peaceful as compared to violent means, distinguishing terrorism from insurgencies. We hypothesize that organizations are more likely to resort to terrorism rather than rebellion in...

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Do giant oilfield discoveries fuel internal armed conflicts?

Lei, Yu-Hsiang; Michaels, Guy - In: Journal of Development Economics 110 (2014) C, pp. 139-157

We use new data to examine the effects of giant oilfield discoveries around the world since 1946. On average, these discoveries increase per capita oil production and oil exports by up to 50%. But these giant oilfield discoveries also have a dark side: they increase the incidence of internal...

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Do giant oilfield discoveries fuel internal armed conflicts?

Lei, Yu-Hsiang; Michaels, Guy - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011

We use new data to examine the effects of giant oilfield discoveries around the world since 1946. On average, these discoveries increase per capita oil production and oil exports by up to 50 percent. But these giant oilfield discoveries also have a dark side: they increase the incidence of...

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Do Giant Oilfield Discoveries Fuel Internal Armed Conflicts?

Lei, Yu-Hsiang; Michaels, Guy - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2011

We use new data to examine the effects of giant oilfield discoveries around the world since 1946. On average, these discoveries increase per capita oil production and oil exports by up to 50 percent. But these giant oilfield discoveries also have a dark side: they increase the incidence of...

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The stuff of legend: diamonds and development in southern Africa

Noland, Marcus; Spector, Brooks - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006

This essay establishes four propositions. First, the diamond industry has been a positive force for development in southern Africa. Second, jewelry, among the most profitable segments of the industry, is a non-essential luxury, and accordingly, consumer concerns over conflict diamonds pose a...

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Resource-Based Reluctance, Reversed Asymmetry, and Non-Trade Integration Incentives - Theory and Evidence from European Neighbourhood

Franke, Anja; Gawrich, Andrea; Melnykovska, Inna; … - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2009

strategies to bilateral, regional, and multilateral EU strategies for democracy promotion, economic cooperation, justice and home …

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Revisiting the oil curse: are oil rich nations really doomed to autocracy and inequality?

Schubert, Samuel R. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006

There is an adage about wealth and democracy that says “the more well-to-do a nation, the greater the chances it will … sustain democracy.” Accordingly, one would expect that nations rich in natural resources, and particularly those with large … deposits of oil – a clear absolute advantage – would shine far beyond all others as beacons of democracy and freedom …

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