Rule of law and the resource curse: Abundance versus intensity

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 183-207

  Norman, Catherine S ^a  

^a The Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross country comparisons; Multiple imputation; Resource curse; Resource extraction; Resource stocks; Rule of law

Indexed keywords

MAXIMUM PRINCIPLE;

COUNTRY COMPARISONS; MULTIPLE IMPUTATION; RESOURCE CURSE; RESOURCE EXTRACTION; RESOURCE STOCKS; RULE OF LAW;

IMPORTANCE SAMPLING;

ALGORITHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMETRICS; LEGAL SYSTEM; NATURAL RESOURCE; RESOURCE USE;

EID: 67349226340     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-008-9231-y     Document Type: Article

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