TY - JOUR

T1 - Is there Arctic resource curse? Evidence from the Russian Arctic regions

AU - Gritsenko, Daria

AU - Efimova, Elena

PY - 2020/3

Y1 - 2020/3

N2 - The ongoing interest in the Arctic and its immense natural wealth calls for better understanding the effects of resource development on the local Arctic economies. The idea that natural resources might be an economic curse rather than a blessing has been debated in the literature for the last 30 years. This paper contributes to study of resource-based development in the Arctic by exploring how the resource curse thesis can be interpreted at the level of an extractive region. We operationalize these interpretations for seven regions included into Russia's Arctic Zone using statistical indicators. Our investigation does not support the resource curse thesis in application to the Russian Arctic regions, but indicates several economic vulnerabilities across the regions. We conclude that the regions vary in the patterns of their socio-economic development, yet, we cannot attribute the differences to resource-based economy alone.

AB - The ongoing interest in the Arctic and its immense natural wealth calls for better understanding the effects of resource development on the local Arctic economies. The idea that natural resources might be an economic curse rather than a blessing has been debated in the literature for the last 30 years. This paper contributes to study of resource-based development in the Arctic by exploring how the resource curse thesis can be interpreted at the level of an extractive region. We operationalize these interpretations for seven regions included into Russia's Arctic Zone using statistical indicators. Our investigation does not support the resource curse thesis in application to the Russian Arctic regions, but indicates several economic vulnerabilities across the regions. We conclude that the regions vary in the patterns of their socio-economic development, yet, we cannot attribute the differences to resource-based economy alone.

KW - Arctic

KW - Economics

KW - Regional development

KW - Resource curse

KW - Russia

KW - POLITICAL FOUNDATIONS

KW - DECENTRALIZATION

KW - NATURAL-RESOURCES

KW - INSTITUTIONS

KW - FISCAL FEDERALISM

KW - GROWTH

KW - DUTCH DISEASE

KW - RENTIER REGIONS

KW - STAPLE THEORY

KW - EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES

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U2 - 10.1016/j.resourpol.2019.101547

DO - 10.1016/j.resourpol.2019.101547

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:85078406196

VL - 65

JO - Resources Policy

JF - Resources Policy

SN - 0301-4207

M1 - 101547

ER -