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International Trade in Natural Resources: Practice and Policy
Ruta, Michele; Venables, Anthony J. - CESifo - 2012
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010540254
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OPEC's Market Power: An Empirical Dominant Firm Model for the Oil Market
Golombek, Rolf; Irarrazabal, Alfonso A.; Ma, Lin - CESifo - 2013
standard test levels. We find that OPEC exercised its market power during the sample period. Counterfactual experiments …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010721612
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Political Institutions and Government Spending Behavior in Iran
Dizaji, Sajjad Faraji; Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza - CESifo - 2014
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
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Direct Distribution of Rents and the Resource Curse in Iran: A Micro-econometric Analysis
Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza; Habibpour, Mohammad - CESifo - 2014
subsequent taxation in Iran. We use rich micro survey data covering more than 36,000 Iranian households in 2009. Our micro …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010781552