Do resource dependent regions grow slower than they should?

Economics Letters

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 194-196

  James, Alexander G ^a   James, Robert G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic growth; Resource curse; Resource dependence

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953658989     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2011.01.029     Document Type: Article

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