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Natural resources and exports diversification in Cameroon : does corruption matter?
Ngameni, Joseph Pasky; Ngassam, Sylvain Bertelet; … - In: Research in globalization 6 (2023), pp. 1-12
This paper examines the role of corruption in the relationship between natural resources and exports diversifi­ cation … diversification while forest and mineral resources decrease export diversification. Also, in the short run, executive corruption …, executive corruption instead mitigates the negative effect of natural resources irrespective of their type on export …
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Diversification, Dutch disease, and economic growth : options for Uganda
Thorvaldur Gylfason; Nganou, Jean-Pascal Nguessa - 2014 - This Version: November 14, 2014
Natural resource discoveries, even when fairly modest in terms of the revenues they are expected to generate, can have significant macroeconomic effects and implications for the conduct of fiscal and monetary policy. In this respect, Uganda is no different from other oil-rich countries. In five...
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Resource-richness and economic growth in contemporary U.S.
Jaimes, Richard; Gerlagh, Reyer - 2017
Between 1997 and 2014, US corn, soybean and cotton production almost fully converted to genetically modified crops. Starting around 2007, improved tight oil and shale gas technologies turned the declining US fossil fuel production into a booming industry. We study the effects of these two...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011761618
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The natural resource curse in post-soviet countries : the role of institutions and trade policies
Horváth, Roman; Zeynalov, Ayaz - 2014
We examine the effect of natural resource abundance on economic performance during the 1996-2011 period in the 15 independent countries that formerly comprised the Soviet Union. These countries were a largely homogeneous group with respect to institutional development, liberalization and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010363414
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The natural resource curse revisited : is there a financial channel? ; conference paper
Hattendorff, Christian - 2013 - August 2013 (Draft)
The paper contributes to the ongoing debate on the natural resource curse, which refers to a negative link between natural resource abundance and economic growth. It shows empirically that resource-rich countries appear to have a less developed financial system and investigates a potential...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010336252
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The natural resource curse and institutions in post-Soviet countries
Horváth, Roman; Zeynalov, Ayaz - 2014
We examine the effect of natural resource exports on economic performance during the 1996-2011 period in the 15 independent countries that formerly comprised the Soviet Union. These countries were a largely homogeneous group with respect to social and institutional context; however, these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010429952
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Natural resources, demand for external finance and financial development
Hattendorff, Christian - 2014
The paper contributes to the ongoing debate on the natural resource curse, which postulates a negative link between natural resource abundance and economic growth. It shows empirically that resource-rich countries appear to have a less developed financial system and investigates a potential...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010433905
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Disaggregating the resource curse : is the curse more difficult to dispel in oil states than in mineral states?
Azarchs, Timothy; Khitarishvili, Tamar - 2010
The hypothesis of the natural resource curse has captivated the economics profession, and since the mid-1990s has generated a large body of policymaking initiatives aimed at dispelling the curse. In this paper, we evaluate how the effect of resource abundance on economic growth has changed since...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008759440
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Resource windfalls, macroeconomic stability and growth : the role of political institutions
Arezki, Rabah; Hamilton, Kirk; Kazimov, Kazim - 2011
We use a new dataset on non-resource GDP to examine the performance of commodity-exporting countries in terms of macroeconomic stability and economic growth in a panel of up to 129 countries during the period 1970-2007. Our main findings are threefold. First, we find that overall government...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009388290
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Resource Windfalls, Macroeconomic Stability and Growth : The Role of Political Institutions
Arezki, Rabah - 2011
We use a new dataset on non-resource GDP to examine the performance of commodity-exporting countries in terms of macroeconomic stability and economic growth in a panel of up to 129 countries during the period 1970-2007. Our main findings are threefold. First, we find that overall government...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013117356