Natural Resource Dependence and Economic Performance in the 1970-2000 Period

Review of Development Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 124-138

  Mavrotas, George ^a   Murshed, Syed Mansoob ^b,c   Torres, Sebastian ^d  

^a Global Development Network   (India)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL URUGUAY   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS; ECONOMETRICS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT; NATURAL RESOURCE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RESOURCE DEPLETION;

EID: 78651443429     PISSN: 13636669     EISSN: 14679361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9361.2010.00597.x     Document Type: Article

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