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Natural resources account for 20% of world trade, and dominate the exports of many countries. Policy is used to manipulate both international and domestic prices of resources, yet this policy is largely outside the disciplines of the WTO. The instruments used include export taxes, price...
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standard test levels. We find that OPEC exercised its market power during the sample period. Counterfactual experiments …
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Over the last decade, the Iranian government budget on military has been higher than the average of the world. The current increasing international sanctions aim to reduce the military capabilities and capacities of the Iranian government. We analyze the response of the Iranian economy to shocks...
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There is an increasing tension between the Iranian Government and the west on an increasingly likely European oil embargo and the Iranian threat to close the Strait of Hormuz. The main question is: What will happen to the international oil prices in the case of shocks in the flow of Iranian oil...
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development of government spending in major sections shapes the political institutions in Iran. This question has become … especially important due to recent international sanctions, aiming to change the political behavior of Iran. We use the impulse … provision spending in Iran. The results imply that a shock in positive changes of democratic quality of institutions leads to …
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in political discussions at the time of elections. The increasing working age and young population in Iran have difficult … study examines the link between housing costs and marriage rate in Iran controlling for other relevant economic determinants … of marriage. Using a panel of provinces of Iran over a period of nine years (2003-2011) and applying generalized method …
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development of government spending in major sections shapes the political institutions in Iran. This question has become … especially important due to recent international sanctions, aiming to change the political behavior of Iran. We use the impulse … provision spending in Iran. The results imply that a shock in positive changes of democratic quality of institutions leads to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010739347
subsequent taxation in Iran. We use rich micro survey data covering more than 36,000 Iranian households in 2009. Our micro …
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We examine the macroeconomic and household welfare consequences of oil sanctions in Iran. We use social accounting … of oil from Iran to the rest of the world is banned. Our main results show that higher income households are losing more … sanction crisis. In addition, labor income increases while the capital income falls in response to oil sanctions in Iran. These …
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