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Natural resources and economic development: the role of national innovation system

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  • Karamat Khan

    (School of Economics, Henan University)

  • Xueke Song

    (Henan University, Kaifeng, China)

  • Salman Ali Shah

    (School of Economics, Guangxi University, Nanning, China)

  • Kishwar Ali

    (School of Management, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China)

Abstract

The focus of this paper is to test whether the quality of the national innovation system can change the curse of natural resources into a blessing. To examine the above question, this paper uses the global innovation index and its two sub-indices to proxy the national innovation system. Using data from 98 sample countries over the period 2009–2019, the pooled OLS and IV estimates suggest that the negative growth effects of resource rents may turn positive in countries with strong national innovation systems.

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  • Karamat Khan & Xueke Song & Salman Ali Shah & Kishwar Ali, 2023. "Natural resources and economic development: the role of national innovation system," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 43(1), pages 596-601.
    • Handle: RePEc:ebl:ecbull:eb-22-00314
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    Keywords

    Resource curse; natural resource rents; economic development; national innovation system;
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    JEL classification:

    • O3 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights
    • Q3 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Nonrenewable Resources and Conservation

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