The resource curse revisited and revised: A tale of paradoxes and red herrings

Brunnschweiler, Christa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8610-6433 and Bulte, Erwin (2008) The resource curse revisited and revised: A tale of paradoxes and red herrings. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 55 (3). 248–264. ISSN 0095-0696

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Abstract

We critically evaluate the empirical basis for the so-called resource curse and find that, despite the topic's popularity in economics and political science research, this apparent paradox may be a red herring. The most commonly used measure of “resource abundance” can be more usefully interpreted as a proxy for “resource dependence”—endogenous to underlying structural factors. In multiple estimations that combine resource abundance and dependence, institutional, and constitutional variables, we find that (i) resource abundance, constitutions, and institutions determine resource dependence, (ii) resource dependence does not affect growth, and (iii) resource abundance positively affects growth and institutional quality.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	natural resource curse,economic growth,growth regressions,political regimes,institutions,constitutions,sdg 8 - decent work and economic growth ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/decent_work_and_economic_growth
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Economics
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Environment, Resources and Conflict Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Applied Econometrics And Finance Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Centres > Centre for Behavioural and Experimental Social Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Behavioural Economics University of East Anglia Schools > Faculty of Science > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	25 Mar 2015 18:23
Last Modified:	04 Jul 2023 14:30
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/52593
DOI:	10.1016/j.jeem.2007.08.004

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