Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/104548 
Year of Publication: 
2014
Series/Report no.: 
Diskussionsbeiträge No. 2014/34
Publisher: 
Freie Universität Berlin, Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaft, Berlin
Abstract: 
Recent studies indicate that the natural resource curse, that is, the negative link between resource abundance and growth, may operate through a country's financial system. Scholars show that resource-abundant economies suffer from lower financial development, which may indirectly affect welfare. The present study provides an explanation for this financial channel. It argues that resource-rich countries are likely to have a concentrated export structure, causing a reduction of the financial system's size due to volatility and the associated high real interest rates. The paper shows empirically that export concentration tends to weaken private credit to GDP. The analysis builds on cross-sectional and panel data from 93 countries for the period 1970-2007. The direction of causality is tested with an instrumentation strategy using geographic and geospatial variables as well as dynamic panel techniques.
Subjects: 
natural resources
export concentration
financial development
volatility
geography
JEL: 
F10
F40
G10
O13
O16
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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