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Institutions and the resource curse
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In this article, the authors claim that the main reason for diverging experiences is differences in the quality of institutions, and they test this theory building on Sachs and Warner's influential works on the resource curse.Abstract:
Countries rich in natural resources constitute both growth losers and growth winners. We claim that the main reason for these diverging experiences is differences in the quality of institutions. More natural resources push aggregate income down, when institutions are grabber friendly, while more resources raise income, when institutions are producer friendly. We test this theory building on Sachs and Warner's influential works on the resource curse. Our main hypothesis: that institutions are decisive for the resource curse, is confirmed. Our results are in sharp contrast to the claim by Sachs and Warner that institutions do not play a role.read more
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Why Do Some Countries Produce so Much More Output Per Worker than Others
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Greed and Grievance in Civil War
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Institutions and economic performance: cross‐country tests using alternative institutional measures
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Natural Resource Abundance and Economic Growth
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The curse of natural resources
TL;DR: The authors showed that there is little direct evidence that omitted geographical or climate variables explain the curse of natural resources, or that there was a bias resulting from some other unobserved growth deterrent.