Can Russia break the "resource curse"?

Eurasian Geography and Economics

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 584-609

  Ahrend, Rudiger ^a  

^a OECD   (France)

Author keywords

Capital flight; Diversification; Dutch disease; Economic growth; Fiscal policy; Monetary policy; Natural resources; Oil; Resource curse; Russia; Transition

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; FISCAL POLICY; MONETARY POLICY; NATURAL RESOURCE; OIL INDUSTRY;

EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 31744440642     PISSN: 15387216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/1538-7216.46.8.584     Document Type: Article

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