The Natural Resource Curse and Fiscal Decentralization

© 2015 The Author.Natural resource abundance is a blessing for some countries, but a curse for others. We show that differences across countries in the degree of fiscal decentralization can contribute to this divergent outcome. Using a large panel of countries covering several decades and various fi...

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Main Authors: Perez-Sebastian, F., Raveh, Ohad
Format: Journal Article
Published: Oxford University Press 2016
Online Access:http://ajae.oxfordjournals.org/
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/62785
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description © 2015 The Author.Natural resource abundance is a blessing for some countries, but a curse for others. We show that differences across countries in the degree of fiscal decentralization can contribute to this divergent outcome. Using a large panel of countries covering several decades and various fiscal decentralization and natural resource measures, we provide empirical support for the novel hypothesis. We also study a model that combines political and market mechanisms under a unified framework to illustrate how natural resource booms may create negative effects in fiscally decentralized nations.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-627852018-03-29T09:09:26Z The Natural Resource Curse and Fiscal Decentralization Perez-Sebastian, F. Raveh, Ohad © 2015 The Author.Natural resource abundance is a blessing for some countries, but a curse for others. We show that differences across countries in the degree of fiscal decentralization can contribute to this divergent outcome. Using a large panel of countries covering several decades and various fiscal decentralization and natural resource measures, we provide empirical support for the novel hypothesis. We also study a model that combines political and market mechanisms under a unified framework to illustrate how natural resource booms may create negative effects in fiscally decentralized nations. 2016 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/62785 10.1093/ajae/aav051 http://ajae.oxfordjournals.org/ Oxford University Press restricted
spellingShingle Perez-Sebastian, F.
Raveh, Ohad
The Natural Resource Curse and Fiscal Decentralization
title The Natural Resource Curse and Fiscal Decentralization
title_full The Natural Resource Curse and Fiscal Decentralization
title_fullStr The Natural Resource Curse and Fiscal Decentralization
title_full_unstemmed The Natural Resource Curse and Fiscal Decentralization
title_short The Natural Resource Curse and Fiscal Decentralization
title_sort natural resource curse and fiscal decentralization
url http://ajae.oxfordjournals.org/
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/62785