Are Natural Resources Cursed? An Investigation of the Dynamic Effects of Resource Dependence on Institutional Quality

This paper examines whether natural resource dependence has a negative influence on various indicators of institutional quality when controlling for the potential effects of other geographic, economic and cultural initial conditions. Analysis of a...

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Main Authors: De Rosa, Donato, Iootty, Mariana
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
GDP
OIL
TAX
WEB
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/07/16558571/natural-resources-cursed-investigation-dynamic-effects-resource-dependence-institutional-quality
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11992