A Natural Resource Curse: Does it Exist Within the United States?

In this paper, we examine data on U.S. GDP/Capita and natural resource share of GDP by state. We then run growth regressions and build on a previous model of dynamic equations to account for the spatial equilibrium that exists between U.S. states. Our results show that there exists evidence that ov...

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Main Author: Gerard, Bryce
Format: Others
Published: Scholarship @ Claremont 2011
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Online Access:http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/158
http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1144&context=cmc_theses