Public capital in resource rich economies: Is there a curse?

Oxford Economic Papers

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-24

  Bhattacharyya, Sambit ^a   Collier, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; INCOME; INVESTMENT; NATURAL CAPITAL; NATURAL RESOURCE; RESOURCE DEPLETION;

EID: 84890329668     PISSN: 00307653     EISSN: 14643812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oep/gps073     Document Type: Article

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