A New Resource Curse? Impacts of China's Boom on Comparative Advantage and Resource Dependence in Southeast Asia

World Development

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1099-1119

  Coxhead, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

China; comparative advantage; deforestation; natural resources; resource curse; Southeast Asia

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE; ECONOMIC GROWTH; EXPORT; NATURAL RESOURCE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 34250018347     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2006.10.012     Document Type: Article

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