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The natural resource curse: Evidence from the Colombian municipalities

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  • Jhorland Ayala‐García
  • Sandy Dall'erba

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This paper evaluates the effect of natural resource revenue on expenditure efficiency. Using a panel of Colombian municipalities over 2003–2011, we use a two‐step procedure to estimate the effect of natural resource revenue on municipal efficiency. First, the technical efficiency of local governments is calculated through a robust non‐parametric method. These estimates are then used in a second step to evaluate how the local government's efficiency varies with exogenous variation in royalties. Our findings indicate that royalties reduce efficiency in the provision of education and health care services, providing evidence of one of the mechanisms explaining the natural resource curse. En este artículo se evalúa el efecto de los ingresos procedentes de los recursos naturales en la eficiencia de los gastos. Se utilizó un panel de municipios colombianos durante el período 2003–2011 en un procedimiento de dos pasos para estimar el efecto de los ingresos procedentes de los recursos naturales en la eficiencia municipal. Primero, se calculó la eficiencia técnica de los gobiernos locales mediante un método no paramétrico robusto. Estas estimaciones se utilizaron a continuación, en una segunda etapa, para evaluar cómo varía la eficiencia del gobierno local con la variación exógena de las regalías. Los hallazgos indican que las regalías reducen la eficiencia en la prestación de los servicios de educación y atención a la salud, lo que demuestra uno de los mecanismos que explican la maldición de los recursos naturales. 本稿は、支出の効果に及ぼす天然資源収入の影響を評価した。2003~2011年のコロンビアの自治体のパネルデータを用いて、天然資源収入が自治体の効率性に及ぼす影響を2つの段階の手順を用いて推定する。最初に、地方自治体の技術効率を妥当性のあるノンパラメトリック法により計算した。次に、第2段階でこれらの推定値を用いて、地方自治政府の効率性が、外生的なロイヤリティの変動によってどのように変化するかを評価する。著者らの知見から、ロイヤリティが教育およびヘルスケアサービスの提供における効率を低下させることが示され、「天然資源の呪い」を説明するメカニズムの1つのエビデンスが得られる。

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  • Jhorland Ayala‐García & Sandy Dall'erba, 2021. "The natural resource curse: Evidence from the Colombian municipalities," Papers in Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 100(2), pages 581-602, April.
  • Handle: RePEc:bla:presci:v:100:y:2021:i:2:p:581-602
    DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12577
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