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This Mine is Mine! How Minerals Fuel Conflicts in Africa
Berman, Nicolas; Couttenier, Mathieu; Rohner, Dominic; … - 2015
We combine original geo-referenced data on mining extraction of 15 minerals with information on conflict events at spatial resolution of 0.5o x 0.5o for all Africa over 1997-2010. Exploiting exogenous variations in world prices, we find a positive impact of mining on conict at the local level....
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The Geography of Natural Resources, Ethnic Inequality and Development
Lessmann, Christian; Steinkraus, Arne - 2017
-seeking model and analysing a set of geocoded data for mines, night-time light emissions, local populations and ethnic homelands, we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011615854
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This mine is mine! : how minerals fuel conflicts in Africa
Berman, Nicolas; Couttenier, Mathieu; Rohner, Dominic; … - 2015 - First version: July 2014, This version: June 16, 2015
We combine original geo-referenced data on mining extraction of 15 minerals with information on conflict events at spatial resolution of 0.5o x 0.5o for all Africa over 1997-2010. Exploiting exogenous variations in world prices, we find a positive impact of mining on conict at the local level....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011283825
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The "fiscal presource curse" : giant discoveries and debt sustainability
Ruzzante, Matteo; Souza Sobrinho, Nelson Ferreira - 2022
This paper investigates the dynamic impact of natural resource discoveries on government debt sustainability. We use a 'natural experiment' framework in which the timing of discoveries is treated as an exogenous source of within-country variation. We combine data on government debt, fiscal...
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Glocal corporate social responsibility and co-creation of shared values in the mining industry
Leitão, João; Rodrigues, Margarida; … - In: European journal of international management : EJIM 16 (2021) 3, pp. 384-407
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The geography of natural resources, ethnic inequality and civil conflicts
Lessmann, Christian; Steinkraus, Arne - In: European journal of political economy 59 (2019), pp. 33-51
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012309287
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The geography of natural resources, ethnic inequality and development
Lessmann, Christian; Steinkraus, Arne - 2017
-seeking model and analysing a set of geocoded data for mines, night-time light emissions, local populations and ethnic homelands, we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011588047
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The European coal curse
Esposito, Elena; Abramson, Scott F. - In: Journal of economic growth 26 (2021) 1, pp. 77-112
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012488432
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Configuration and the role of community leaders in the conflict of natural resources of limestone mining for the Cement Industry in Rembang Indonesia
Rokhmad, Abu - In: International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy : IJEEP 10 (2020) 2, pp. 521-528
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012488666
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ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND URBAN GROWTH:AN EMPIRICAL ASSESSMENT WITH HISTORICAL MINES
Glaeser, Edward L.; Kerr, Sari Pekkala; Kerr, William R. - Census Bureau, Department of Commerce - 2013
. Chinitz (1961) hypothesized that coal mines near Pittsburgh led that city to specialization in industries, like steel, with …. We test this idea by looking at the spatial location of past mines across the United States: proximity to historical … mining deposits is associated with bigger firms and fewer start-ups in the middle of the 20th century. We use mines as an …
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