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- Title
Oil and the duration of dictatorships.
- Authors
Crespo Cuaresma, Jesus; Oberhofer, Harald; Raschky, Paul
- Abstract
Theoretical models do not reach an unambiguous conclusion concerning the effects of natural resource endowment on the duration of dictatorial regimes. We assess empirically, for the first time, the relationship between oil endowment and the duration of autocratic leaders. Using a dataset comprising information for 106 dictators, our empirical analysis indicates that dictators in countries which are relatively better endowed in terms of oil tend to stay longer in office. The result is robust to changes in the definition of dictatorial regimes and in the specifications used in the econometric analysis.
- Subjects
DICTATORSHIP; NATURAL resources; PETROLEUM -- Social aspects; POLITICAL economic analysis; TERM of office of heads of state; DESPOTISM
- Publication
Public Choice, 2011, Vol 148, Issue 3/4, p505
- ISSN
0048-5829
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11127-010-9671-0