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dc.contributor.authorBjørnland, Hilde C.
dc.contributor.authorThorsrud, Leif Anders
dc.contributor.authorTorvik, Ragnar
dc.date.accessioned2018-02-07T18:31:43Z
dc.date.available2018-02-07T18:31:43Z
dc.date.issued2018-02
dc.identifier.issn1892-2198
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/2483401
dc.description.abstractIn this paper we develop the first model to incorporate the dynamic productivity consequences of both the spending effect and the resource movement effect of oil abundance. We show that doing so dramatically alters the conclusions drawn from earlier models of learning by doing (LBD) and the Dutch disease. In particular, the resource movement effect suggests that the growth effects of natural resources are likely to be positive, turning previous growth results in the literature relying on the spending effect on their head. We motivate the relevance of our approach by the example of a major oil producer, Norway, where it seems clear that the predictions based on existing theory do not apply. Although the effects of an increase in the price of oil may resemble results found in the earlier Dutch disease literature, the effects of increased oil activity do not. Therefore, models that only focus on windfall gains due to increased spending potential from higher oil prices, would conclude - incorrectly based on our analysis - that the resource sector cannot be an engine of growth.nb_NO
dc.language.isoengnb_NO
dc.publisherBI Norwegian Business School, Centre for Applied Macro- and Petroleum Economicsnb_NO
dc.relation.ispartofseriesCAMP Working Paper Series;4
dc.subjectDutch diseasenb_NO
dc.subjectresource movementsnb_NO
dc.subjectearning by doingnb_NO
dc.subjectoil pricesnb_NO
dc.subjecttime-varying VAR modelnb_NO
dc.titleDutch Disease Dynamics Reconsiderednb_NO
dc.typeWorking papernb_NO
dc.source.pagenumber41nb_NO


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