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英文文献：Oil Wealth and Economic Growth in Oil Exporting African Countries
英文文献作者：Olomola Philip Akanni
英文文献摘要：
This study analyses the effect of oil rents on economic growth in oil exporting African countries. It also attempts to provide both theoretical and empirical analysis of the channels of transmission of resource curse of natural resources on growth in these countries. It adopts a panel data regression analysis for the period 1970 to 2000 for 47 oil exporting countries including Africa, and 13 non-oil exporting countries. The majorfindings are that there was evidence of resource curse in oil exporting countries, including oil exporting African countries, exchange rate and the Dutch disease syndrome do notexplain the resource curse in these countries, including Africa, the absence of democracy in oil exporting countries hinders economic growth, and the despicable state of institutions in oil exporting countries encourage grabbing of public resources and oil rents throughrent seeking hence retarding economic growth. The basic conclusion from this study is that for oil exporting African countries, as for other oil exporting countries, oil rentshave failed to promote growth.
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