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Natural Resources and Divergence

A Comparison of Andean and Nordic Trajectories

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Editors:
  1. Cristián Ducoing

    1. Lund University, Lund, Sweden

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  2. José Peres-Cajías

    1. University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

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  • Explains why countries abundant in natural resources have followed such a divergent development path throughout the last two centuries
  • Offers policy lessons for developing countries with abundant natural resources endowments
  • For researchers, university professors and graduate students interested not only in natural resources and economic history, but also in institutional economics, technological change and political science

Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Economic History (PEHS)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxix
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  2. Introduction

    • José Peres-Cajías, Cristián Ducoing
    Pages 1-8

  3. Globalization and Natural Resource Abundance: Is Export Diversification Possible? A Comparison of Export Composition in Chile and Norway, 1870–2017

    • José Peres-Cajías, Marc Badia-Miró, Anna Carreras-Marín, Cristian Navarro
    Pages 9-40

  4. Copper Prices and Heterogeneity: The Chilean and Norwegian Cases, 1850–1913

    • Marc Badia-Miró, Anna Carreras-Marín, Cristián Ducoing
    Pages 41-66

  5. Successes and Failures of the “Modern Rebellion” in an Export Economy: The Case of the Peruvian Mining in the Twentieth Century

    • Carlos Contreras Carranza
    Pages 67-112

  6. The “Fiscal Contract” in Andean and Nordic Countries, 1850–2010

    • José Peres-Cajías, Sara Torregrosa-Hetland, Cristián Ducoing
    Pages 113-141

  7. Population, Biological Welfare and Human Capital in Norway, Sweden, Bolivia, Chile and Peru During the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

    • Rodrigo Rivero-Cantillano, Manuel Llorca-Jaña
    Pages 143-167

  8. Engineers and the Knowledge Gap Between Andean and Nordic Countries, 1850–1939

    • José Peres-Cajías, Kristin Ranestad
    Pages 169-218

  9. Oil and Industry in Norway and Brazil

    • Helge Ryggvik
    Pages 219-256

  10. Weak Sustainability Trends in the Andean and Nordic Countries: A Historical Perspective

    • Cristián Ducoing
    Pages 257-278

  11. Different Drivers Behind Corporate Environmental Policies: The Case of the Swedish and Chilean Copper Industry

    • Ann-Kristin Bergquist, Cristián Ducoing, Kristin Ranestad
    Pages 279-303

  12. Conclusions

    • Cristián Ducoing, José Peres-Cajías
    Pages 305-313

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 315-324
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About this book

Is the 'natural resource curse' destiny? Are different ways to link natural resources and economic development? Using two particular regions as case studies, this edited collection examines the divergent development paths of natural resource rich countries over the past two centuries. Bolivia, Chile and Peru are neighbour states with a common history and are globally known by their mining endowments. Norway and Sweden have also a strong common history, and different natural resource endowments (forestry, mining and fishing) are essential to understand their current economic success. By comparing natural resource management in the long run in these two divergent regions, this book can help rethink how developing countries can better take advantage of their natural resource endowments. Specifically, the book examines the interaction between natural resources and different key determinants of long-term development: trade, fiscal policy, sustainability, human capital accumulationand business strategies.

Reviews

”Does the possession of natural resources mean that a society will stagnate? Are they ’cursed’ to remain behind?  This is a commonplace idea, but some of the wealthiest economies in the world - such as the Nordic countries, Australia and Canada - are resource based. Why, therefore, are some resource economies wealthy, and some not? The best way to answer this is through careful comparative research, but such studies are very rare. By exploring Andean and Nordic experiences with natural resources, this book is a breakthrough. It takes the analysis of resources and growth to a new level”.  (Kristine Bruland, University of Oslo, Norway)

”Natural resource dependence has been seen as a kind of curse in Latin American economic history vs. a great asset in the story of several developed countries. This book makes a very interesting comparison of the economic histories of Andean and Scandinavian countries to understand why they show contrasting development patterns. It looks at theability to increase and diversify exports, to build strong technological capacities, to develop broad-based tax systems to avoid environmental degradation as key issues in the story of Scandinavia. This contrasts to the diverse story of the Andean countries, which have been less successful in several of these tasks. It makes an important contribution to comparative economic history and to our understanding of economic development. (José Antonio Ocampo, Columbia University, USA)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Lund University, Lund, Sweden

    Cristián Ducoing

  • University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

    José Peres-Cajías

About the editors

Cristian Ducoing is a researcher at the Department of Economic History in Lund University. He obtained a Degree in History from the University of Chile, and completed his PhD in Economic History at the University of Barcelona (2012). He has worked as researcher and teacher in the University Pompeu Fabra, University of Valparaiso and Umeå University. His areas of work are natural resources and development, historical national accounts and sustainability. His research has been published in Scandinavian Economic History Research, Sustainability, Australian Economic History Review, among other international journals. He has co-authored more than 10 book chapters and has obtained funded in public and private research funding bodies

José Peres-Cajías is assistant Professor at the Department of Economic History, Institutions, Politics and World Economy. He holds a PhD (Cum Laude) in Economic History from the University of Barcelona (2013). His research aims at understanding the long-term economic development of developing regions by looking at the interplay of institutions, natural resources and trade. He published different articles in international journals including Cliometrica, Economics and Human Biology, Journal of Latin American Studies, Sustainability, Revista de Historia Económica and Economic History of Developing Regions. He also contributed to several chapters of books published by Palgrave, Routledge, Springer and Fondo de Cultura Económica. One of his articles was awarded best article published in international journals by the Spanish Association of Economic History.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Natural Resources and Divergence

  • Book Subtitle: A Comparison of Andean and Nordic Trajectories

  • Editors: Cristián Ducoing, José Peres-Cajías

  • Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Economic History

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-71044-6

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-71043-9Published: 02 July 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-71046-0Published: 02 July 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-71044-6Published: 01 July 2021

  • Series ISSN: 2662-6497

  • Series E-ISSN: 2662-6500

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIX, 324

  • Number of Illustrations: 11 b/w illustrations, 33 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Economic History, Economic Geography, Natural Resource and Energy Economics, Development Economics

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