Resource Windfalls, Macroeconomic Stability and Growth : The Role of Political Institutions /

We use a new dataset on non-resource GDP to examine the performance of commodity-exporting countries in terms of macroeconomic stability and economic growth in a panel of up to 129 countries during the period 1970-2007. Our main findings are threefold. First, we find that overall government spending...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kazimov, Kazim
Other Authors: Arezki, Rabah, Hamilton, Kirk
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2011.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2011/142
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