Data and Code for: Reversing the Resource Curse - Foreign Corruption Regulation and the Local Economic Benefits of Resource Extraction

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Hans Christensen, University of Chicago. Booth School of Business; Mark Maffett, University of Chicago. Booth School of Business; Thomas Rauter, University of Chicago. Booth School of Business

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Project Citation: 

Christensen, Hans, Maffett, Mark, and Rauter, Thomas. Data and Code for: Reversing the Resource Curse - Foreign Corruption Regulation and the Local Economic Benefits of Resource Extraction. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2023. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2023-12-11. https://doi.org/10.3886/E165641V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary We examine how foreign corruption regulation affects the economic benefits communities receive from extraction activities in resource-rich areas of Africa. After a mid-2000s increase in US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement, nighttime luminosity increases by 15% (5%) in communities within a 10-(25-) kilometer radius of affected extraction facilities. Cash-wage employment increases by 22%, suggesting that the economic benefits are not limited to electricity access. Consistent with foreign corruption regulation mitigating the political resource curse, we find that perceived corruption decreases and that the pass-through from global commodity prices to luminosity increases following the rise in FCPA enforcement.



Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms Foreign Corruption Regulation; Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA); Natural Resource Extraction; Nighttime Luminosity; Governance
JEL Classification:  View help for JEL Classification
      F50 International Relations, National Security, and International Political Economy: General
      F60 Economic Impacts of Globalization: General
      K20 Regulation and Business Law: General
      M40 Accounting and Auditing: General
      O10 Economic Development: General
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage Africa
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 1/1/2000 – 12/31/2013
Collection Date(s):  View help for Collection Date(s) 7/2017 – 2/2022
Universe:  View help for Universe Resource Extraction Facilities in Africa (i.e., mines and oil wells)
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) administrative records data; aggregate data; event/transaction data; geographic information system (GIS) data; images: photographs, drawings, graphical representations; survey data

Methodology

Data Source:  View help for Data Source National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 1992-2013
Afrobarometer / AidData, 2000-2013
Center for Systemic Peace, 2004
S&P Global Market Intelligence, 2000-2019
Worldscope, 1980-2018
Enverus, 2018
United States Geological Survey, 1900-2015
The World Bank, 1960-2017
Map Library, 2004
Transparency International, 1998-2016
Stanford FCPA Database, 2000-2013
Wikipedia, 2022
Thomson/Refinitiv, 1980-2018
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, 2001-2012
United Nations Industrial Development Organization, 2000-2013
Unit(s) of Observation:  View help for Unit(s) of Observation African communities surrounding resource extracion facilities; African villages near resource extracion facilities

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