Oil Rents, Corruption, and State Stability : Evidence From Panel Data Regressions.
We examine the effects of oil rents on corruption and state stability exploiting the exogenous within-country variation of a new measure of oil rents for a panel of 31 oil-exporting countries during the period 1992 to 2005. We find that an increase in oil rents significantly increases corruption, si...
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Format: | Journal |
Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
International Monetary Fund,
2009.
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Series: | IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ;
No. 2009/267 |
Online Access: | Full text available on IMF |