Subsidy and natural resource curse: Evidence from plant level observations in Iran

2017 ◽  
Vol 52 ◽  
pp. 90-99 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad H. Rahmati ◽  
Ali Karimirad
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 2847
Author(s):  
Olatunji Abdul Shobande ◽  
Joseph Onuche Enemona

The financial sector plays a critical role in society by mediating resources and assets within the economy between surplus and deficit units. Therefore, they have a great responsibility for the sustainability and prosperity of natural endowments. This study aimed to determine whether sustainable finance matters for the natural resource curse in Nigeria and Ghana. The empirical evidence is based on the Bayer and Hanck combined cointegration tests and Vector Autoregressive/Vector Error Correction Granger causality tests. The study highlights the importance of sustainable financing in natural resources management. Our findings also confirmed the existence of the financial resource curse in Nigeria and Ghana. Likewise, the medium through which sustainable finance affects the natural resource curse has been identified as the human development index (economic welfare). This current study has critical policy implications that suggest the need to establish a vibrant, sustainable financing strategy to assist domestic private investors with a strong interest in natural resource exploration and development, taking into account macroeconomic sustainability. Additionally, it also important to build a strong financial market which allows for policies designed to promote natural resource management.


2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Norman Loayza ◽  
Alfredo Mier y Teran ◽  
Jamele Rigolini

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Terrell George Manyak

Many critical governance issues were created with the discovery of major oil deposits in Uganda.  Because developing countries like Uganda lack strong institutional foundations, it is widely assumed that riches flowing from oil will result in huge sums of money being diverted to politicians while the country ends up worse off in the long run. Uganda certainly faces this “natural resource curse,” but the potential for corruption is only one of many governance issues arising from the potential of oil riches. The government needs to work effectively with foreign oil companies and neighboring countries to recover and transport the oil. It must also establish institutions and procedures to manage its new oil economy.  Moreover, questions must be answered regarding ownership the oil producing lands and how the fragile environment of the country can be protected.  


2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (5) ◽  
pp. 543-557
Author(s):  
Delphine Carole Sisso ◽  
Olivier Beaumais

AbstractSince 2007, Burkina Faso's mining sector has grown quickly, with gold replacing cotton as the country's biggest export. The decline in gold prices since 2012, however, has hit the Burkina Faso economy hard. Using a static computable general equilibrium model, we assess whether – in a context of gold-price decline and volatility – an increase in the tax burden on the mining sector, as implemented by the government of Burkina Faso, is the appropriate way to avoid the natural resource curse. The results show that a tax policy based solely on increasing taxes on the gold sector brings only limited economic benefits, notably in terms of employment, and fails to significantly mitigate the effects of gold-price volatility.


2009 ◽  
Vol 61 (4) ◽  
pp. 727-760 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. van der Ploeg ◽  
S. Poelhekke

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