Corruption is considered an important driver of the resource curse in developing countries. Based on a large-scale field experiment Tanzania, this paper studies how salience future natural revenues shapes beliefs, attitudes, and behavior. We find some evidence that information about discovery gas causes people to expect more corruption future, but no making at present willing engage dishonest b...

On the basis of a production function, an economic model consisting three regions and two departments (resources conventional departments) is constructed to explore effect natural resources on development their spatial correlation. Then, we construct resource abundance dependence indicators. Based panel data 30 provinces in China from 2004 2020, Durbin used empirically test theoretical hypothes...

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