Author(s)

Zhao Yang

Corresponding Author

Zhao Yang

Abstract

Resource curse is an important factor limiting the sustainable development of resource-based city. There is a certain dispute on whether “resource curse” exists in Chinese resource-based city. This paper analyzes the relationship between REI and urban per capita GDP based on the empirical analysis on panel data of prefecture resource-based city, and further proves that there is significant “resource curse” in these cities. At the same time, the empirical results show the necessity of problems in development and ecology occurring in resource-based city due to the transmission mechanism of “resource curse”. The transformation and development of resource-based city can only be realized by breaking “resource curse”.

Keywords

Chinese resource-based city, resource curse, transformation and development