01864cas a2200253 a 4500 AALejournalIMF000943 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451850734 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Leite, Carlos. Does Mother Nature Corrupt? : Natural Resources, Corruption, and Economic Growth / Carlos Leite, Jens Weidmann. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1999. 1 online resource (34 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This paper argues that natural resource abundance creates opportunities for rent-seeking behavior and is an important factor in determining a country's level of corruption. In a simple growth model, we illustrate the interrelationships between natural resources, corruption, and economic growth, and discuss potential anti-corruption policies. We show that the extent of corruption depends on natural resource abundance, government policies, and the concentration of bureaucratic power. Furthermore, the growth effects of natural resource discoveries and anticorruption policies crucially depend on the economy's state of development. We empirically corroborate the model's implications in a cross-country framework with both corruption and growth endogenized. Mode of access: Internet Weidmann, Jens. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1999/085 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/1999/085/001.1999.issue-085-en.xml IMF e-Library