Timber Booms and Institutional Breakdown in Southeast Asia: Conclusion: Rent Seeking and Rent Seizing

By Michael L. Ross. 2001

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Livelihoods, forests, and conservation in developing countries: an overview (2005, background): “For example, in Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines, timber wealth served as a basis for political patronage systems linking heads of state, the military, and the private sector (Ross, 2001, pp. 191–192).”
Why do some resource-abundant countries succeed while others do not? (2009, background): “Other models within the Dutch diesase tradition include Krugman (1987), Matsuyama (1992), Sachs and Warner (1995), Gylfason et al. (1999), Torvik (2001) and Matsen and Torvik (2005).”
Resource intensity, institutions, and development (2005, background): “For more work on the relationship between natural endowments and institutions, please refer to Acemoglu, Johnson, and Robinson (2001a), Bourguignon and Verdier (2000), Easterly and Levine (2003), Ross (2001a), and Sokoloff and Engerman (2000).”
Combating the Resource Curse: An Alternative Solution to Managing Mineral Wealth (2006, background): “18 See, for example, Ross 2001b. 19 See, for example, Jensen and Wantchekon 2004.”
A Closer Look at Oil, Diamonds, and Civil War (2006, methodology): “At the same time, it could lead to institutional breakdown within the government, which could weaken its ability to maintain order (Ross 2001b).”
Resource Windfalls, Political Regimes, and Political Stability (2016, unknown): “…between resource abundance and democratic/ autocratic institutions using predominantly comparative case studies or cross-country variation (Ross, 2001a, 2001b, 2009; Ulfelder, 2007; Collier & Hoeffler, 2009; Alexeev & Conrad, 2009; Tsui, 2011).3 While there is some heterogeneity in the…”
Systemic Vulnerability and the Origins of Developmental States: Northeast and Southeast Asia in Comparative Perspective (2005, background): “…such as land, identify areas for new investments with real market potential, establish education and training programs that 42+ See Beblawi and Luciani 1987; Ross 2001; and Shafer 1994+ On resources and growth, see Auty 1994; and Sachs and Warner 1995+ 43+ Rasiah 2003, 66+ Similarly, Booth…”
Optimal Dutch disease (2005, background): “…rent-seeking (Lane and Tornell, 1996; Tornell and Lane, 1999; Baland and Francois, 2000; Torvik, 2002; Mehlum et al., 2002) and political economy theories of why resource abundance invites bad policy choices (Ross, 1999, 2001; Robinson et al., 2002; Damania and Bulte, 2003). tion of traded goods.”
Rural Windfall or a New Resource Curse? Coca, Income, and Civil Conflict in Colombia (2005, unknown): “Even legal extraction activities, such as timber harvesting and oil mining, have been associated with social breakdown (Ross, 2001).”
The forest transition: Towards a more comprehensive theoretical framework☆ (2010, background): “…and property rights in these remote areas mean that resource ents are easily captured; however, the result is that the resourcextractive activities tend to be short-term, high-payoff investments hat are highly destructive to forests and ecosystems (Ascher, 1999; arbier, 2004a,b, 2005; Ross, 2001).”