, financial reforms that ended decades of financial repression, and a massive privatization program. We investigate the role … played by ideas, interests and institutions. More specifically, we examine the role played by the 'reform team' investigate …

Lebanon is the country with the highest density of refugees in the world, raising the question of whether the host and … refugee populations can cooperate harmoniously. We conduct a lab-in-the-field experiment in Lebanon studying intra- and inter …

Syria faces two interrelated medium-term challenges posed by the prospective decline in its oil reserves. The recently … approved five-year plan (FYP) laid down a comprehensive strategy to address these challenges. Syria’s public finances are …

This 2007 Article IV Consultation highlights that over the past three years, Syria has recovered from a half decade of …

This 2009 Article IV Consultation discusses that the impact of the global financial crisis on Syria has been relatively … ongoing recovery in Syria’s trading partners is expected to contribute to a gradual increase in exports, remittances, and …

We study the role of firms in the political economy of trade agreements. Using detailed information from lobbying … reports filed under the Lobbying Disclosure Act, we find that virtually all firms that lobby on free trade agreements (FTAs …) support their ratification. Moreover, relative to non-lobbying firms, lobbying firms are larger, and more likely to be engaged …