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The Resource Curse: A State and Provincial Analysis [PDF]
A puzzling piece of empirical evidence suggests that countries rich in natural resources tend to have dismal economic performance. This paradigm has come to be known as the “resource curse”.
Bankole Fred Olayele
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Managerial and Decision Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper examines the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in shaping economic decision‐making and improving air transport performance in G7 countries over the period 1996–2021. AI is proxied by scientific publications and interpreted as an indicator of innovation capacity that supports data‐driven decision‐making and operational efficiency ...
Emin Ahmet Kaplan +3 more
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The Natural Resource Curse and Economic Transition [PDF]
Using cross-country regressions, we examine the relationship between “point-source” resource abundance and economic growth, quality of institutions, investment in human and physical capital, and social welfare (life expectancy and infant mortality ...
Michael Alexeev, Robert Conrad
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Mapping Causal Biology: Mendelian Randomization in the Era of Big Data
Med Research, EarlyView.Mendelian randomization (MR) leverages genetic variants to mitigate confounding biases in causal inference. This review systematically maps MR's methodological evolution, highlights its expanding applications in epidemiology and drug target validation, and outlines future directions for overcoming current biases through dynamic, multi‐omics, and cross ...
Xuanlu Shen +10 more
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The Resource Curse: A Corporate Transparency Channel [PDF]
We propose and investigate a new channel through which the resource curse - a stylized fact that countries rich in natural resources grow slower - operates.
Art Durnev, Sergei Guriev
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International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Accurate rock strength parameters play a vital role in petroleum and mining operations for sustainable drilling activities, and wellbore stability analysis. This study investigates the applicability of deep learning techniques for assessing data‐driven models, and to conduct parametric sensitivity examination for feature attributes ranking to ...
Mohammad Islam Miah +2 more
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Curse or Blessing? Natural Resources and Human Development [PDF]
This paper argues against a natural resource curse for human development. We find evidence that changes in human development from 1970 to 2005, proxied by changes in the Human Development Index, are positively and significantly correlated with natural ...
José Pineda and Francisco Rodríguez
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Different demographic drivers of recovery in two adjacent populations of a long‐lived bird of prey
Oikos, EarlyView.Understanding the demographic mechanisms underlying population decline or recovery is critical for conservation and management, yet similar population trends may arise from very different underlying processes. Comparing populations of vulnerable species groups like long‐lived raptors in different environments can reveal how species respond to change ...
Carina Nebel +4 more
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Property Rights and the Resource Curse
Global Governance: A Review of Multilateralism and International Organizations, 2011 The so-called resource curse raises moral issues. Who, if anyone, is morally responsible for it? This article argues that this question amounts to: who is blameworthy for the violations of people's property rights? The international oil companies are blameworthy for the violations of property rights only in the case of complicity, not in the normal ...
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