Natural Resources and Economic Growth: The Role of Investment

Thorvaldur Gylfason and Gylfi Zoega

The World Economy, 2006, vol. 29, issue 8, 1091-1115

Abstract: 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.

Date: 2006
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