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 …

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 …

environmental quality and taste for revolt in the Middle East. Using recent World Value Survey data (WVS7, 2017-2021) from Egypt and … government’s provision of utilities. The analysis for Egypt suggests that satisfaction with public transportation systems, roads …

We analyze the extent of the integrated control of the state over privatized firms during the post-privatization decade …

Economists recommend to partly redistribute gains to losers from a structural reform, which in many cases may be … required for making the reform politically viable. However, taxation is distortionary. Then, it is unclear that compensatory … transfers can support a Pareto-improving reform. This paper provides sufficient conditions for this to occur, despite tax …

diminishing conflicts and mistrust. The numerous reform proposals should be assessed under two key criteria: (1) reducing mistrust …

) trust, or (3) integrity, foster economic growth. We construct data of economic performance of social groups in Lebanon …

individuals’ behavior towards one another is scarce. We examine this question in the setting of a four-year university in Lebanon …

local jobseekers in Jordan: one treatment to address liquidity constraints, one to address information frictions, and one to …