Spill-overs of a resource boom: evidence from Zambian copper mines

Do local populations benet from resource booms? How strong are market linkages between the mining sector and the regional economy? This paper exploits exogenous variation in mine-level production volumes generated by the recent copper boom in Zambia to shed light on these questions. Using a novel d...

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Main Author: Lippert, A
Format: Working paper
Published: University of Oxford 2014