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Resource rents, power, and political stability

Bjorvatn, Kjetil; Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza - 2014

We study the association between resource rents and political stability, highlighting the importance of the distribution of political power as a mediating factor. We present a simple theoretical model showing that increased rents are likely to be positively associated with the stability of a...

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Corruption and political stability : does the youth bulge matter?

Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza; Witthuhn, Stefan - 2016 - This version: 05.05.2016

This study shows that the relative size of the youth bulge matters for how corruption affects the internal stability of a political system. We argue that corruption cannot buy political stability (e.g., the greasing hypothesis) in countries with a relatively large youth population. Using panel...

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Demographic transition and political stability : does corruption matter?

Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza; Witthuhn, Stefan - 2014

A demographic transition resulting from an increase in the size of the young working age population can be a blessing or a curse for economic performance. We focus on the political stability effects of a larger youth population and hypothesize that corruption matters in this nexus. Using panel...

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Covid-19 fatalities and internal conflict : does government economic support matter?

Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza; Fereidouni, Hassan Gholipour - 2021

importance of government economic support under the pandemic as a moderating factor. Our main hypothesis implies that increased … government economic support. Our empirical analysis confirms this prediction: employing cross-country data for more than 100 … become insignificant with higher levels of government economic support. In countries where government spending in response to …

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