The volatility curse and financial development: revisiting the paradox of plenty

The volatility of unanticipated output growth in income per capita is detrimental to long-run development, controlling for initial income per capita, population growth, human capital, investment, openness and natural resource dependence. This effect is significant and robust over a wide range of spe...

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Main Authors: Van der Ploeg, R, Poelhekke, S
Format: Working paper
Published: University of Oxford 2009