This paper surveys the natural resource curse. We review the mechanisms through which
resource wealth might slow economic growth, and the empirical studies that test for an effect …

A quarter of global oil production comes from offshore fields and about 60% of
internationally-traded oil travels by tankers. The relationship between oil, fisheries, and …

China's excessive reliance on natural resources has resulted in the dual challenges of
sluggish economic growth and significant ecological damage. Addressing the resource …

Several economists assume natural resources as crucial and essential for economic growth.
However, the other group of researchers questions the role and states that richness of …

Financial development is considered the backbone of a country's economic development. It
usually acts as a moderator of the effects of economic variables and impacts economic …

This study explores the relative effects of natural resource abundance and natural resource
dependence on economic growth for the period of 1980–2015 in 35 natural resource …

Amid China's rapid economic growth, the depletion of resources and escalating
environmental pollution have emerged as critical impediments to its sustainable …

Over the last decades,“the resource curse paradox” has received ample attention in the
literature. Many studies in the literature have demonstrated that developing countries rich in …

The relationship between natural resource rents and economic growth has witnessed a
lively debate since last decades. It has been shown that many countries rich in natural …

This study uses rule of law (ie, institutional quality; IQ) as a threshold variable and revisits
the nonlinear relationship between natural resource rent and economic growth under the …