Political foundations of the resource curse: A simplification and a comment

In this note we show how a considerably simpler model than the one in our original JDE 2006 paper generates all the same results. We also acknowledge an error in the specification of a utility function in our previous paper.

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Natural resources Political economy Clientelism

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Economics and Finance

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Submission Type	Notice
Deposit type	Journal articles
Title	en Political foundations of the resource curse: A simplification and a comment
Abstract	en In this note we show how a considerably simpler model than the one in our original JDE 2006 paper generates all the same results. We also acknowledge an error in the specification of a utility function in our previous paper.
Authors	James A. Robinson ¹ , Ragnar Torvik ² , Thierry Verdier ^{3, 4, 5} 1 Harvard University ( 38302 ) - Massachusetts Hall, Cambridge, MA 02138 - United States 2 Department of Economics ( 216213 ) - Norway Norwegian University of Science and Technology [Trondheim] ( 50794 ) ; Norwegian University of Science and Technology ( 264844 ) 3 CEPR - Center for Economic Policy Research ( 143559 ) - United Kingdom CEPR ( 322082 ) 4 PSE - Paris-Jourdan Sciences Economiques ( 139754 ) - 48 boulevard Jourdan 75014 Paris - France École normale supérieure - Paris ( 59704 ) ; Université Paris Sciences et Lettres ( 564132 ) ; Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique USC1336 ( 92114 ) ; École des hautes études en sciences sociales ( 99539 ) ; École des Ponts ParisTech ( 301545 ) ; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR8545 ( 441569 ) 5 PSE - Paris School of Economics ( 301309 ) - 48 boulevard Jourdan 75014 Paris - France Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne ( 7550 ) ; École normale supérieure - Paris ( 59704 ) ; Université Paris Sciences et Lettres ( 564132 ) ; École des hautes études en sciences sociales ( 99539 ) ; École des Ponts ParisTech ( 301545 ) ; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( 441569 ) ; Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement ( 577435 )
Peer-reviewed	Yes
Science popularization	No
Fulltext language	English
Journal	Journal of Development Economics (ISSN : 0304-3878) Published by Elsevier
Audience	Not set
Publication date	2014-01
Volume	106
Page number	194-198
JEL thesaurus	D - Microeconomics/D.D7 - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics • Environmental and Ecological Economics/Q.Q3 - Nonrenewable Resources and Conservation
Domain	Humanities and Social Sciences/Economics and Finance
Contract, financing	Ce travail a bénéficié d'une aide de l'Etat gérée par l'Agence Nationale de la Recherche au titre du programme " Investissements d'avenir " portant la référence ANR-10-LABX-93-01. This work was supported by the French National Research Agency, through the program Investissements d'Avenir, ANR-10--LABX-93-01.
Keywords	it Natural resources, Political economy, Clientelism
DOI	10.1016/j.jdeveco.2013.09.004

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DOI : 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2013.09.004

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James A. Robinson, Ragnar Torvik, Thierry Verdier. Political foundations of the resource curse: A simplification and a comment. Journal of Development Economics, 2014, 106, pp.194-198. ⟨10.1016/j.jdeveco.2013.09.004⟩. ⟨halshs-00979099⟩

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