The Oil Nouveau-Riche and Arms Imports
Pierre-Louis Vézina
No 9374, Policy Research Working Paper Series from The World Bank
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Countries that strike it rich when exploring for oil and gas often fail to see growth materialize. This paper shows that one way things can get messy is via squandering new wealth, based on future resource revenues, on arms imports. In the five years following a giant oil or gas discovery, arms imports increase by 25 percent. The effect is even larger, at 51 percent, when the price of oil is as high as $80 per barrel. These estimates can be interpreted causally as the timing of giant oil discoveries is unpredictable due to the uncertain nature of exploration.
Keywords: Conflict and Fragile States; Social Conflict and Violence; Oil&Gas; International Trade and Trade Rules (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020-09-01
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