This paper provides a review of current thinking on the economics of international trade in mineral resources. I first … define what is meant by trade in mineral resources. I then discuss patterns of trade in mineral resources. The paper then … trade in minerals; trade impacts of mineral abundance and the resource curse; the political economy of mineral trade in …

This paper documents a positive relationship between mineral resources abundance and individualistic values in the … favorable to individual selfresponsibility. We show that individuals living in states with large mineral resources endowment are … more individualistic. We take advantage of both the spatial and the temporal distributions of mineral discoveries since …