This paper studies the impact of the level and volatility of commodity terms of trade on economic growth, as well as on …. We argue that volatility, rather than abundance per se, drives the "resource curse" paradox and also investigate …, volatility exerts a negative impact on economic growth operating mainly through lower accumulation of physical capital. Our …

This paper studies the impact of the level and volatility of the commodity terms of trade on economic growth, as well … of trade growth enhances real output per capita, volatility exerts a negative impact on economic growth operating mainly … trade volatility offset the positive impact of commodity booms; and export diversification of primary commodity abundant …

This paper presents new empirical evidencesuggesting that the net effect of trade openness on output volatility is … as instrumental variables. The results confirm that exposure to trade raises output volatility through the terms …