Browsing ECO Working Papers by Subject "resource curse"

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Browsing ECO Working Papers by Subject "resource curse"

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    Title: Can the Natural Resource Curse Be Turned into a Blessing? The Role of Trade Policies and Institutions  Author(s): AREZKI, Rabah; VAN DER PLOEG, Frederick Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: We criticise existing empirical results on the detrimental effects of natural resource dependence on the rate of economic growth after controlling for institutional quality, openness and initial income. These results do ...
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    Title: Volatility, Financial Development and the Natural Resource Curse  Author(s): VAN DER PLOEG, Frederick; POELHEKKE, Steven Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: Cross-country evidence is presented on resource dependence and the link between volatility and growth. First, growth depends negatively on volatility of unanticipated output growth independent of initial income per capita, ...