Does Oil Corrupt? Evidence from a Natural Experiment in West Africa
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- Vicente, Pedro C., 2010. "Does oil corrupt? Evidence from a natural experiment in West Africa," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 92(1), pages 28-38, May.
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Keywords
Corruption; Influence; Political economy; Natural resources; Oil; West Africa;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D73 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Bureaucracy; Administrative Processes in Public Organizations; Corruption
- O13 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Agriculture; Natural Resources; Environment; Other Primary Products
- O55 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Africa
- P16 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Capitalist Economies - - - Capitalist Institutions; Welfare State
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AFR-2007-04-14 (Africa)
- NEP-DEV-2007-04-14 (Development)
- NEP-ENE-2007-04-14 (Energy Economics)
- NEP-POL-2007-04-14 (Positive Political Economics)
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