尽管从20世纪70年代早期开始就拥有巨额的石油租金收入,但石油出口国的经济情况却并不好(当然其中也有明显的例外)。有大量文献研究石油资源的管理问题,但相比而言很少有研究分析导致经济情况欠佳的基本政治因素。利用政治科学中比较制度分析的概念,作者建立了一个关于政治国家的一般化的类型学,用以对政治体制差别甚大的石油出口国的财政及经济管理情况进行政治经济学分析。在评价各国的经济情况时,作者主要分析长期储蓄、经济稳定和石油租金的有效利用等问题。...
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