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How new airport infrastructure promotes tourism : evidence from a synthetic control approach in German regions

Dörr, Luisa; Dorn, Florian; Gäbler, Stefanie; … - 2019

We examine how new airport infrastructure influences regional tourism. Identification is based on the conversion of a … military air base into a regional commercial airport in the German state of Bavaria. The new airport opened in 2007 and … new commercial airport increased tourism in the Allgäu region over the period 2008-2016. The positive effect is especially …

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The effect of corruption on internal conflict in Iran using newspaper coverage

Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza; Zamani, Reza - 2022

We study the effect of a corruption reflection index on internal conflict in Iran using a novel measure of corruption based on newspaper coverage. We use the Vector Autoregression (VAR) model and its applied tools of impulse response and variance decomposition analyses to track the response of...

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The effect of Islamic revolution and war on income inequality in Iran

Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza; Kadivar, Mohammad Ali - 2021

Existing research has pointed to the decreasing effect of revolutions and wars on income inequality. It is unclear whether this reduction is the result of ongoing changes within countries before revolutions and wars or if the results are standalone effects. In this study, we focus on the case of...

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Satisfaction with amenities and taste for revolt in the Middle East

Fereidouni, Hassan Gholipour; Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza - 2023

The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between individuals' satisfaction with amenities and environmental quality and taste for revolt in the Middle East. Using recent World Value Survey data (WVS7, 2017-2021) from Egypt and Iraq (which have been experiencing severe...

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Years of life lost to revolution and war in Iran

Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza - 2021

This study examines the causal joint effect of a new political regime and war against Iraq on life expectancy of Iranians for the period 1978–1988 during the revolution and war. I use a synthetic control approach to construct a synthetic Iran based on a weighted average of other Middle East...

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