Rent Dependency: Bad for Quality of Government

dc.contributor.author	Anthonsen, Mette
dc.contributor.author	Löfgren, Åsa
dc.contributor.author	Nilsson, Klas
dc.date.accessioned	2015-05-21T13:45:50Z
dc.date.available	2015-05-21T13:45:50Z
dc.date.issued	2009-09
dc.identifier.issn	1653-8919
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2077/39087
dc.description.abstract	This paper introduces quality of government rather than regime type as dependent variable in studies of the political effects of natural resources. It consists of two parts. First, it theorizes the role of fiscal dependency of oil and gas rents in relation to three different dimensions of quality of government; low corruption, bureaucratic quality and legal impartiality. Second, it finds significant, negative effects of oil and gas rent dependency on all three dimensions of quality in a sample of 139 states in the period 1984 to 2006. The results hold for inclusion of control variables such as regime type, income, region and religion.	sv
dc.language.iso	eng	sv
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Working Papers	sv
dc.relation.ispartofseries	2009:23	sv
dc.relation.uri	http://qog.pol.gu.se/digitalAssets/1350/1350720_2009_23_anthonsen_lofgren_nilsson.pdf	sv
dc.title	Rent Dependency: Bad for Quality of Government	sv
dc.type	Text	sv
dc.contributor.organization	QoG Institute	sv