Why do Resource Abundant Countries Have Authoritarian Governments

By Léonard Wantchekon. 2002

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Natural Resources and the ‘Quality’ of Economic Development (2011, background): “The literature also contains studies that indicate how natural resource abundance/dependence tends to be associated with low levels of democracy and with the insurgence of authoritarian governments (Karl, 1997; Ross 2001; Wantchekon, 2002).”
Revenues, State Formation, and the Quality of Governance in Developing Countries (2004, background): “... in addition to the case studies on which the model is based, recent cross-national statistical analysis convincingly demonstrates that oil regimes (and sometimes states dependent on other “point” minerals) are afflicted by some measurable “political pathologies.” In particular, when other releva”
The Natural Resource Curse: A Survey of Diagnoses and Some Prescriptions (2012, background): “The question is also a reason to save a good share of the rents from exhaustible natural 16 Barro (2000), Ross (2001), Wantchekon (2002), Jenson and Wantchekon (2004), and Ross (2006), Smith (2004, 2007), and Ulfelder (2007).”
Political Underdevelopment: What causes ‘bad governance’ (2001, background): “Both Michael Ross (forthcoming) and Leonard Wantchekon (2000), using large samples of countries, have recently found strong negative associations between oil/mineral dependence (de ned as the ratio of oil/mineral exports to total exports) and (a) democracy (both cases) and (b) observance of the rule”
Do Natural Resources Fuel Authoritarianism? A Reappraisal of the Resource Curse (2011, result): “Although the details vary, the vast majority of the literature produces results that are consistent with the hypothesis (e.g., Aslaksen 2010; Goldberg, Wibbels, and Myukiyehe 2008; Jensen and Wantchekon 2004; Papaioannou and Siourounis 2008; Ramsay n.d.; Ross 2009; Smith 2007; Wantchekon 2002).”
Authoritarian Institutions and the Survival of Autocrats (2007, background): “Unless they can rely on exporting mineral resources, they need to solicit economic cooperation (Robinson, 2000; Wantchekon, 2002).”
The First Law of Petropolitics (2011, background): “A large body of work in political science and economics has sought to demonstrate that resource-abundant countries have worse institutions (notable references, among many others, include Ross 2001; Wantchekon 2002; Ramsay 2011; Tsui 2011).”
Resource Wealth and Political Regimes in Africa (2004, background): “Wantchekon (1999) and Ross (2000) have filled this gap.”
Does migration promote democratization? Evidence from the Mexican transition (2012, background): “Wantchekon (2002) argues that a rentier economy creates an incumbency advantage which results in one party dominance and social instability.”
The Resource Curse and its Potential Reversal (2013, background): “Over more recent periods Ross (2001) focusing on oil and Wantchekon (2002) focusing on primary exports find cross-country evidence of resource dependence being correlated with lower levels of democracy, Tsui (2011) finds evidence that discoveries of oil have negative effects on democracy over the…”