Resources and Incentives to Reform : A Model and Some Evidence on Sub-Saharan African Countries /

The paper models the incentives for a self-interested government to implement "good policies". While good policies lead to investment and growth, they reduce the government's ability to increase supporters' consumption. The model predicts that resource abundance is conductive to...

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Autore principale: De Blasio, Guido
Altri autori: Dalmazzo, A.
Natura: Periodico
Lingua:English
Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2001.
Serie:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2001/086
Accesso online:Full text available on IMF