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Oil and democracy: New insights / Francesco Caselli &#38; Andrea Tesei, Vox.eu.org, 22 December 2011http://www.voxeu.org/index.php?q=node/7459Oil and other natural resources can be both a blessing and a curse. Incomes may rise, but the politics can soon turn nasty. This column looks at a large panel of countries and finds that this isn’t always the case. Discovering natural resources has no effect on the political system – if the country is already a democracy...