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Effects of rent dependency on quality of government

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Author

  • Mette Anthonsen
  • Åsa Löfgren
  • Klas Nilsson
  • Joakim Westerlund

Summary, in English

This paper introduces quality of government rather than regime type as dependent variable in studies of political effects of natural resources. It consists of two parts. First, it argues for an effect of fiscal dependency of oil and gas rents on quality of government. Second, it finds significant, negative effects of oil and gas rent dependency on three empirical indicators of quality of government—low corruption, bureaucratic quality and legal impartiality—in a sample of 139 states in the period 1984–2006. The results hold for inclusion of control variables such as regime type, income, region and religion.

Publishing year

2012

Language

English

Pages

145-168

Publication/Series

Economics of Governance

Volume

13

Issue

2

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Springer

Topic

  • Political Science

Keywords

  • Rent dependency
  • Corruption
  • Bureaucratic quality
  • Legal impartiality
  • Oil
  • Gas

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1435-6104