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[1307] The Impact of mining boom on the economy of Australia

^○Kegomoditswe Koitsiwe¹, 安達毅¹ (1.秋田大学)

司会:別所昌彦(秋田大学)

Keywords:Mining boom, Australia, Resource Curse, VAR technique

The economy of Australia has experienced several occurrences of mining boom in its economy. Studies on the impact of mining booms on the economic growth and development indicate that mining boom result in a curse rather than blessings. Mixed evidence is presented on the case of Australia, as to whether the country has wholly benefited from the mining industry or the curse is yet to come. To contribute to the literature, our study aims to empirically examine the effect of mining boom on the economic growth in Australia using vector autoregressive (VAR) econometric technique.