This paper provides an extensive review of the rapidly growing literature on the resource
curse phenomenon, whereby natural resources-rich countries experience lower levels of …

We review the literature that links institutions, entrepreneurship, and economic growth
outcomes, focusing in particular on empirical research. Most of the literature has an …

There is currently much discussion in China about anti-corruption, optimization of the
allocation of resources, and ecological protection. This study considers data from 2006 to …

This study investigates the natural resource rent and financial development nexus by
subsuming the critical role of institutional quality in this paradigm in a sample of 87 …

This paper investigates the causal effect of corruption on entrepreneurship. We use
staggered anticorruption investigations in China as exogenous shocks to conduct difference …

We estimate the causal real economic effects of a randomized anti-corruption crackdown on
local governments in Brazil using rich micro-data on corruption and firms. After anti …

Tax policies and corruption are important institutional considerations which can shape
entrepreneurship. We investigate how tax rates, and the interaction between corruption and …

The negative effects of corruption at the macro level are well-documented. Corruption
reduces economic growth, lowers investment, and erodes trust in government officials …

The debate over whether corruption “sands” or “greases” the wheels of income growth has
generated a substantial empirical literature; the “greases” argument—that corruption may …

This study analyzes the impact of total natural resources rents, economic growth, mineral
rents, and forest rents on global financial development. Using the extended period from …