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The oil curse : how petroleum wealth shapes the development of nations / Michael L. Ross.

By: Ross, Michael, 1961-.
Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, c2013Description: xxi, 289 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780691145457 (hardback); 9780691159638 (paper).Subject(s): Civil war -- Developing countries | Natural resources -- Developing countries | Petroleum industry and trade -- Government policy -- Developing countries | Petroleum products -- Prices | Revenue -- Developing countries | Women -- Developing countries -- Social conditions | Developing countries -- Economic policyGenre/Form: Print books.DDC classification: 338.9009172/4
Contents:
Foreign direct investment in extractive industries, 2007 -- The number and income of oil-producing states, 1960n-2006 -- Incomes of new oil producers, 1857n-2015 -- Size of the Nigerian government, 1960n-84 -- Oil and the size of government -- Government size in selected oil and non-oil states -- Petroleum in the economy and government, 2007 -- Oil prices and oil rents in selected countries, 2008 -- Government expropriation of oil companies, 1960n-93 -- Capital-to-labor ratios of major industries -- Price of a barrel of oil, 1861n-2009 -- US petroleum production and consumption, 1947n-2007 -- Proved oil reserves, 2005 -- Government revenues in Iran and Egypt, 1970n-2009 -- Number of democracies and autocracies, 1960n-2008 -- Oil and transitions to democracy, 1960n-2008 -- Number of oil-producing democracies and autocracies, 1960n-2008 -- Democracy levels over time, 1960n-2004 -- Government spending-to-revenue ratios in autocracies, 1970n-2008 -- Oil income and gasoline prices, 2006 -- Oil and budget transparency in autocracies, 2008 -- Oil and democracy in the USSR and Russia, 1960n-2007 -- How oil production can affect the status of women -- Women in the labor force by region, 1993n-2002 -- Women in parliament by region, 2002 -- Oil and female labor force participation in the Middle East, 1993n-2002 -- Oil and female suffrage in the Middle East -- Oil and female parliamentary seats in the Middle East, 2002 -- Wages for textile workers in Tunisia and Algeria, 1987n-91 -- Oil and civil wars in low- and middle-income countries, 1960n-2006 -- Fraction of oil and non-oil countries with new conflicts, 1965n-2006 -- Number of oil and non-oil states with ongoing conflicts, 1960n-2006 -- Fraction of ongoing conflicts in states with oil, 1960n-2006 -- Annual conflict rates, oil and non-oil countries -- Annual conflict rates by petroleum location (%) -- Incomes of the leading oil producers, 1950n-2006 -- Incomes of the leading oil producers and oil prices, 1950n-2006 -- Changes in income per capita, 1974n-89 -- Oil production in Oman and world oil prices, 1960n-2006 -- Oil production in Malaysia and world oil prices, 1960n-2006 -- Changes in child mortality, 1970n-2003 -- Annual growth in total GDP, 1960n-2006 -- Changes in control of corruption, 1996n-2006 -- Incomes and perceived government effectiveness, 2005 -- Oil and democracy in the Middle East, 1993n-2002 -- Oil and the gender rights in the Middle East, 2004.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-279) and index.

Foreign direct investment in extractive industries, 2007 -- The number and income of oil-producing states, 1960n-2006 -- Incomes of new oil producers, 1857n-2015 -- Size of the Nigerian government, 1960n-84 -- Oil and the size of government -- Government size in selected oil and non-oil states -- Petroleum in the economy and government, 2007 -- Oil prices and oil rents in selected countries, 2008 -- Government expropriation of oil companies, 1960n-93 -- Capital-to-labor ratios of major industries -- Price of a barrel of oil, 1861n-2009 -- US petroleum production and consumption, 1947n-2007 -- Proved oil reserves, 2005 -- Government revenues in Iran and Egypt, 1970n-2009 -- Number of democracies and autocracies, 1960n-2008 -- Oil and transitions to democracy, 1960n-2008 -- Number of oil-producing democracies and autocracies, 1960n-2008 -- Democracy levels over time, 1960n-2004 -- Government spending-to-revenue ratios in autocracies, 1970n-2008 -- Oil income and gasoline prices, 2006 -- Oil and budget transparency in autocracies, 2008 -- Oil and democracy in the USSR and Russia, 1960n-2007 -- How oil production can affect the status of women -- Women in the labor force by region, 1993n-2002 -- Women in parliament by region, 2002 -- Oil and female labor force participation in the Middle East, 1993n-2002 -- Oil and female suffrage in the Middle East -- Oil and female parliamentary seats in the Middle East, 2002 -- Wages for textile workers in Tunisia and Algeria, 1987n-91 -- Oil and civil wars in low- and middle-income countries, 1960n-2006 -- Fraction of oil and non-oil countries with new conflicts, 1965n-2006 -- Number of oil and non-oil states with ongoing conflicts, 1960n-2006 -- Fraction of ongoing conflicts in states with oil, 1960n-2006 -- Annual conflict rates, oil and non-oil countries -- Annual conflict rates by petroleum location (%) -- Incomes of the leading oil producers, 1950n-2006 -- Incomes of the leading oil producers and oil prices, 1950n-2006 -- Changes in income per capita, 1974n-89 -- Oil production in Oman and world oil prices, 1960n-2006 -- Oil production in Malaysia and world oil prices, 1960n-2006 -- Changes in child mortality, 1970n-2003 -- Annual growth in total GDP, 1960n-2006 -- Changes in control of corruption, 1996n-2006 -- Incomes and perceived government effectiveness, 2005 -- Oil and democracy in the Middle East, 1993n-2002 -- Oil and the gender rights in the Middle East, 2004.

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