Natural Resources and Economic Growth: The Role of Investment

World Economy - Tập 29 Số 8 - Trang 1091-1115 - 2006
Þorvaldur Gylfason1, Gylfi Zoëga2
1University of Iceland, CEPR and CESifo and
2University of Iceland and University of London

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Is it possible that excessive reliance on natural resources affects saving and investment in a way that retards economic growth? – and thus, in the long run, the level of output per capita. This paper reviews the literature, explores the data and compares and contrasts the explanatory power and interplay of natural resources and civil liberties, our proxy for institutional variables currently under scrutiny in the literature. We propose that natural resource dependence may be viewed as an exogenous factor that impedes economic growth and investment as well as institutions, even if we stress that natural resource abundance may be good for growth.

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World Economy

Tập 29 Số 8

1091-1115

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