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• The economics of natural resources has been a subject of discussion for a number of years. One of the problems that natural resources economics studies is Resource Curse Theory, which refers to the situation where a number of natural resource exporting countries are negatively affected in terms of various economic, political, and social factors. This theory refers to an observed negative correlation between natural resource exports and the economic growth of countries engaging in these exports. This study empirically investigates the Resource Curse Theory. Applying panel data of oil rents share of GDP as different natural resource measurements, various econometric techniques were used in order to obtain robust results. Using panel data fixed effect estimator, a significant positive correlation between oil rents share of GDP and GDP growth rate is found. When using the two-stage least square approach, positive significant results are also found between oil rents share of GDP and GDP growth rate.
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The successful industrialisation of many East Asian countries contrasts with the disappointing outcome in much of Latin America and subSaharan Africa. Not surprisingly, given this geographical pattern, explanations usually stress cultural factors (in the form of a work ethic or type of political regime) or environmental factors (the level of urbanisation or the natural resource endowment). Closely linked to this controversy is a second dispute about the mechanism by which the causal factor impacts on a country’s industrialisation. Specifically, some researchers emphasise macroeconomic policy as the mechanism (Lal, 1983; Stern, 1990) while others cite trade and industry policy (Amsden, 1989; Wade, 1990).

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