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The geography of natural resources, ethnic inequality and development
Lessmann, Christian; Steinkraus, Arne - 2017
We study whether the spatial distribution of natural resources across different ethnic groups within countries impede spatial inequality, national economic performance, and the incidence of armed conflict. By providing a theoretical rent-seeking model and analysing a set of geocoded data for...
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Norway's oil and gas sector : how did the country avoid the resource curse?
Rosales Torres, César Said - In: Tempo do mundo 1 (2015) 1, pp. 93-107
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Coal mining, economic development, and the natural resources curse
Betz, Michael R.; Partridge, Mark D.; Farren, Michael; … - In: Energy economics 50 (2015), pp. 105-116
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Oil and democracy
Cesari, Anna - In: Rivista internazionale di scienze sociali 122 (2014) 3, pp. 265-274
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Oil and Democracy
Cesari, Anna - In: Rivista Internazionale di Scienze Sociali 126 (2014) 3, pp. 265-274
According to a wide literature, oil has a negative effect on the level of democracy because of induced economic and … political distortions. At the same time, however, oil fosters economic development and people’s general life conditions. Using … 30 years of international data on 34 oil countries, we show that the total effect is negative and significant and provide …
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Why the quality of institutions is not a cure for the "resource curse"
Dietsche, Evelyn - In: The Journal of energy and development 32 (2007) 2, pp. 262-282
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AIDS and conflict : micro evidence from Burundi
Rieger, Matthias - In: Forum for health economics & policy : an evolving … 16 (2013) 1, pp. 163-192
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Rooted in violence : civil war, international trade and the expansion of palm oil in Colombia
Maher, David - In: New political economy 20 (2015) 2, pp. 299-330
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Security and development
Mavrotas, George (ed.) - 2011
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Rethinking the economics of war : the intersection of need, creed, and greed
Arnson, Cynthia (contributor);  … - 2005
This collection of essays questions the adequacy of explaining today's internal armed conflicts purely in terms of economic factors and re-establishes the importance of identity and grievances in creating and sustaining such wars. Countries studied include Lebanon, Angola, Colombia and Afghanistan
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