of opium profitability on conflict in Afghanistan. District level results indicate a conflict-reducing effect over the … valuable resources. By using data on the drug production process, ethnic homelands, and Taliban versus pro-government influence …We provide new evidence about the mechanisms linking resource-related income shocks to conflict. To do so, we combine …

Weak economic performance of most oil rich countries states that natural resources are more curse than blessing for … these countries. Resource curse theory examines the negative effects of rich natural resources on economic growth from an … examine the viability of Resource Curse theory for Iran, Russia and Norway to see whether natural resources are curse or …

This paper reconsiders the ‘curse of resources' hypothesis for the case of China, and distinguishes between resource …

roles of natural resources abundance and institutional quality indicators on the region's FD while underscoring the … that natural resources, growth trends, and inflationary levels significantly spur long-run regional FD thereby invalidating … produced detrimental impacts on FD levels. However, the interaction between institutional quality levels and natural resources …

Despite repeated attempts to model conflict as contests over rent, few researchers have found a persuasive … are in fact associated with increased likelihood of violent conflict. Surprisingly, they do not find any evidence that … political decision rules mitigate the effect of natural resource discoveries on the instance of conflict. This paper re …

Using panel data and GMM estimators we find that conflict and less developed countries (LDCs) natural resources have a … positive and significant impact on GDP in the developed countries (DCs), while the lagged value of the conflict coefficient has … a negative and significant impact on GDP in the LDCs for the period 1980-2006. In the conflict model using panel data …