Natural Resources and Economic Growth: A Nordic Perspective on the Dutch Disease

Thorvaldur Gylfason

No wp-1999-167, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: The paper begins by offering a quick glance of the Nordic economies and of some aspects of their economic growth performance and natural resource dependence since 1970. Thereafter, it reviews some of the main symptoms of the Dutch disease, and then considers whether these symptoms are observable in some of the Nordic countries in view of their abundant natural resources. The experience of Iceland and its fish seems an obvious point of departure.

Keywords: Economic growth; Forests and forestry; Natural resources (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1999
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