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Economics

How Natural Resource Wealth Influences Authoritarian Regime Survival

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Oil-rich autocracies tend to survive significantly longer than their non-resource-rich counterparts; for example, the average lifespan of an oil-rich autocracy is roughly 50% longer than an autocracy without oil.

Why this is interesting

Think of a nation that exports vast amounts of oil—why is it that many of these nations remain under the same autocratic rule for decades, despite widespread poverty and inequality?