A RESOURCE CURSE OR A STATISTICAL MIRAGE?
Cook Inlet Historical Society 2018-2019 Lecture Series
Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center.
Thursday, February 21, 2019, 7:00 pm
Anchorage Museum Auditorium, 625 C St. (enter through 121 W. 7th Ave. entrance)
Speaker: Alexander James, Professor of economics at the University of Alaska Anchorage
Topic: A Resource Curse or Statistical Mirage?
Natural resource rich economics tend to grow slowly, but why? Researchers have theorized that natural resources can shine other sectors of the economy, induce political corruption, and even civil conflict. But new data and statistical techniques suggest that natural resources can fuel economic growth and offers a more nuanced view of the so-called “curse of natural resources.”
Presenter Alexander James, a professor of economics at the University of Alaska Anchorage, was born in Northern California, received his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Wyoming, and has completed a two-year research fellowship at the Center for the Analysis of Resource-Rich Economics at the University of Oxford. His research and teaching interests include principles of economics, environmental and resource economics, developmental economics and research methods. Free; use the Museum’s 7th Avenue entrance.
Anchorage Museum Auditorium, 625 C St. (enter through 121 W. 7th Ave. entrance)
Speaker: Alexander James, Professor of economics at the University of Alaska Anchorage
Topic: A Resource Curse or Statistical Mirage?
Natural resource rich economics tend to grow slowly, but why? Researchers have theorized that natural resources can shine other sectors of the economy, induce political corruption, and even civil conflict. But new data and statistical techniques suggest that natural resources can fuel economic growth and offers a more nuanced view of the so-called “curse of natural resources.”
Presenter Alexander James, a professor of economics at the University of Alaska Anchorage, was born in Northern California, received his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Wyoming, and has completed a two-year research fellowship at the Center for the Analysis of Resource-Rich Economics at the University of Oxford. His research and teaching interests include principles of economics, environmental and resource economics, developmental economics and research methods. Free; use the Museum’s 7th Avenue entrance.
