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Do Countries Always Remain in the State of Resource Curse or Resource Blessing?

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  • Sonika Sharma
  • Arif Billah Dar
  • M. Karthik

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This paper investigates the linkage between natural resources and economic growth, in light of the Resource Curse-Resource Blessing debate, by considering financial development and trade openness as additional determinants for G20 nations. As a novelty, the study uses Autoregressive Distributive Lag Model on a quadratic specification to test whether countries remain in state of resource curse (resource blessing) or make a transition to resource blessing (resource curse) state. The empirical results reveal that countries, except Brazil and Saudi Arabia, shift from resource blessed states to resource curse states. Indonesia monotonically experiences resource curse. Financial development and trade openness also contribute positively to economic growth.

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  • Sonika Sharma & Arif Billah Dar & M. Karthik, 2026. "Do Countries Always Remain in the State of Resource Curse or Resource Blessing?," World Economics, World Economics, 1 Ivory Square, Plantation Wharf, London, United Kingdom, SW11 3UE, vol. 27(1), pages 63-100, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:wej:wldecn:970
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