This study examines the causal effect of the violent "Woman, Life, Freedom" protests in Iran during the last quarter of … 2022 on individual life satisfaction. To evaluate the impact, we use two original representative surveys in Iran conducted … that the violent protest environment had a significant and negative effect on life satisfaction in Iran. To determine the …

effects of oil exports are taken into account, the estimates support output growth convergence between Iran and the rest of …, which could be partly due to the relatively underdeveloped nature of Iran's financial markets. -- growth models ; long run …

This study examines how the quality of political institutions affects the distribution of the government budget in Iran …

1908-2010. It is shown that although oil has been produced in Iran over a very long period, its importance in the Iranian … revenues when managed appropriately are a blessing, but their volatility (which in Iran is much higher than oil price …

subsequent taxation in Iran. We use rich micro survey data covering more than 36,000 Iranian households in 2009. Our micro …

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 …

index of smuggling in Iran from 1970 to 2002. The Multiple Indicators - Multiple Causes (MIMIC) econometric modelling is … incentives for illegal trade. More trade openness accompanies more illegal trade for the case of Iran. On average, the relative … size of smuggling is about 13% of the total trade in Iran. The absolute amount of smuggling per year is about $3 billion …