Is a negative correlation between resource abundance and growth sufficient evidence that there is a "resource curse"?

Resources Policy

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-13

  Boyce, John R ^a   Herbert Emery, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Exhaustible resources; Resource curse

Indexed keywords

EXHAUSTIBLE RESOURCES; INCOME LEVELS; MARKET FAILURES; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; PANEL DATA; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; RESOURCE ABUNDANCE; RESOURCE CURSE;

INTERNATIONAL TRADE; NATURAL RESOURCES;

CORRELATION METHODS;

CORRELATION; ECONOMIC GROWTH; GROWTH RATE; INCOME; MODELING; NATURAL RESOURCE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952245083     PISSN: 03014207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2010.08.004     Document Type: Article

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