Mining Matters: Natural Resource Extraction and Local Business Constraints

Ralph De Haas and Steven Poelhekke

No 6198, CESifo Working Paper Series from CESifo

Abstract: We estimate the impact of local mining activity on the business constraints experienced by 22,150 firms across eight resource-rich countries. We find that with the presence of active mines, the business environment in the immediate vicinity (

Keywords: mining; natural resources; business environment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L16 L25 L72 O12 O13 Q30 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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