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Title:Urban Growth Across Three Continents: The Blessing of Human Capital and the Curse of Volatility Author(s):POELHEKKE, StevenDate:2008Citation:
- Florence, European University Institute, 2008
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract:This dissertation is concerned with the empirical determinants of urban growth in developed countries, and the effects of macroeconomic volatility in less developed countries, on urbanization and long run income growth. ...
Title:Volatility, Financial Development and the Natural Resource Curse Author(s):VAN DER PLOEG, Frederick; POELHEKKE, StevenDate:2007Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI ECO; 2007/36Abstract: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, ...
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, FrederickDate:2007Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI ECO; 2007/35Abstract: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 ...
Title:Genuine Savings and the Voracity Effect Author(s):VAN DER PLOEG, FrederickDate:2007Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI ECO; 2007/38Abstract:Many resource-rich countries have negative genuine saving rates, so deplete their exhaustible
natural resource wealth faster than they build up wealth in other assets. This phenomenon is
stronger in more fractionalized ...
Title:Africa and natural resources : managing natural resources for sustainable growth Author(s):VAN DER PLOEG, FrederickDate:2007Type:Technical ReportSeries/Number:African Development Bank; Annual Report; 2007Abstract: the very high volatility of commodity prices. This further strengthens the case for good financial systems. We subsequently focus on an analytical framework for the assessment of the management of natural resource wealth. ...
Title:Challenges and Opportunities for Resource Rich Economies Author(s):VAN DER PLOEG, FrederickDate:2006Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2006/23