Volatility And The Natural Resource Curse.

We provide cross-country evidence that rejects the traditional interpretation of the natural resource curse. First, growth depends negatively on volatility of unanticipated output growth independent of initial income, investment, human capital, trade openness, natural resource dependence, and popula...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ploeg, F, Poelhekke, S
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2009