Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/245435 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 9254
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
This paper explores the effect of natural resource dependence on market concentration of imports. Using a new panel database for importing firms in developing and emerging market economies, the paper shows that higher natural resource dependence is associated with larger market concentration of imports and with higher tariffs. The effect on the concentration of imports is found to be more pronounced for exporters of 'point-based' resources, imports of primary and consumption goods than for capital goods and is associated with higher domestic prices and lower consumption expenditure. Results suggest a novel channel for the resource curse stemming from the "monopolization" of imports.
Subjects: 
imports
market concentration
natural resources
resource curse
JEL: 
D20
F10
L10
O10
Q00
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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