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Michael L. Ross

American political scientist at UCLA whose research on oil and politics, from 'Does Oil Hinder Democracy?' (2001) to The Oil Curse (2012), established the political resource curse as a field of study.

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TheoryResource curseThe finding that natural-resource wealth, especially oil, tends to be associated with slower growth, more corruption, more conflict and more durable authoritarianism. Michael Ross's work made the political version central to political science; Haber and Menaldo dispute it.

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