Understanding the resource curse (or blessing) across national and regional scales: Theory, empirical challenges and an application

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 624-639

  Fleming, David A ^a   Measham, Thomas G ^a   Paredes, Dusan ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Australia; Economic growth; Mining boom; Natural resource curse; Nonrenewable resources; Regional development

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC IMPACT; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; MINING; NATURAL RESOURCE; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; RESOURCE ECONOMY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84943454334     PISSN: 1364985X     EISSN: 14678489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8489.12118     Document Type: Article

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