• Oil and political survival 

      Andersen, Jørgen Juel; Aslaksen, Silje (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)
      Political economy theories on the “natural resource curse” predict that natural resource wealth is a determining factor for the length of time political leaderships remain in office. Whether resource wealth leads to longer ...
    • Petro populism 

      Matsen, Egil; Natvik, Gisle J.; Torvik, Ragnar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      We aim to explain petro populism|the excessive use of oil revenues to buy political support. To reap the full gains of natural resource income, politicians need to remain in o ce over time. Hence, even a rent-seeking ...