1 Resource Curse and Power Balance: Evidence from Oil-Rich Countries Dr. Mohammad Reza Farzanegan (Corresponding author) Dresden University of Technology & ZEW Mannheim Address: Dresden University of Technology, Faculty of Business and Economics, Department of Public Economics, D-01062 Dresden, Germany Tel.: +49-351- 463-32895 Fax: +49-351- 463-37052 E-Mail: Mohammad_Reza.Farzanegan@mailbox.tu-dresden.de Email: farzanegan@zew.de Web: http://www.tu-dresden.de/wwvwlfw/team_mitarbeiter_mohammad_e.htm Prof. Kjetil Bjorvatn Address: Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration NHH, Department of Economics, Helleveien 30, NO-5045 Bergen, Norway Tel: +47 55 959 585 Fax: +47 55 959 543 Email: Kjetil.Bjorvatn@nhh.no Web: http://www.nhh.no/Default.aspx?ID=698 Prof. Friedrich Schneider Address: Department of Economics, Institute of Economic Policy, Johannes Kepler University of Linz, A 4040 Linz Auhof, Austria Tel: +43-732-2468-8210, Fax: +43-732-2468 -8209, Email: friedrich.schneider@jku.at Web: http://www.econ.jku.at/schneider/