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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 …

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

Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza; Kadivar, Mohammad Ali - 2021

standalone effects. In this study, we focus on the case of the Iranian Revolution of 1979 and the subsequent Iran-Iraq war from … levels. Had there been no revolution and war in Iran, how would income inequality have developed? Utilizing the synthetic … control method, we created a counterfactual Iran that reproduces the socioeconomic characteristics of Iran before the Islamic …

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Years of life lost to revolution and war in Iran

Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza - 2021

Iran based on a weighted average of other Middle East and North Africa ("MENA") and Organization of the Petroleum Exporting … (‘OPEC’) countries. The synthetic Iran matches the average level of key pre-revolution life expectancy correlates and the …

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Globalization and social justice in OECD countries

Kauder, Björn; Potrafke, Niklas - 2015

Social justice is a topic of importance to social scientists and also political decision makers. We examine the relationship between globalization and social justice as measured by a new indicator for 31 OECD countries. The results show that countries that experienced rapid globalization enjoy...

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The circular economy

Fullerton, Don - 2024

Research about the circular economy is dominated by engineers, architects, and social scientists in fields other than economics. The concepts they study can be useful in economic models of policies – to reduce virgin materials extraction, to encourage green design, and to make better use of...

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Workers of the world, unite! : franchise extensions and the threat of revolution in Europe, 1820-1938

Aidt, Toke; Jensen, Peter Sandholt - 2011

This paper tests the hypothesis that the extension of the voting franchise was caused by the threat of revolution, as suggested by Acemoglu and Robinson [Quarterly Journal of Economics 115, 1167-1199, 2000]. We approximate the threat of revolution in a given country by revolutionary events...

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The sustainability of empire in global perspective : the role of international trade patterns

Bonfatti, Roberto - 2012

European empires had two key economic aspects: the extraction of colonial wealth by colonizers, and the relevance of trade for the colonial economies. I build a simple model of decolonization that puts these two elements at centre stage. By controlling policy in the colony, the mother country...

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Weapons of choice

Dreher, Axel; Kreibaum, Merle - 2015

This article investigates the effect of natural resources on whether ethno-political groups choose to pursue their goals with non-violent as compared to violent means, distinguishing terrorism from insurgencies. It is hypothesized that whether or not the extraction of fossil fuels sparks...

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Social unrest in the wake of IMF structural adjustment programs

Stroup, Caleb; Zissimos, Benjamin - 2013

This paper proposes an answer to the question of why social unrest sometimes occurs in the wake of an IMF Structural Adjustment Program (SAP). Under certain circumstances, partly determined by a country's comparative advantage, a nation’s elite may have an incentive to make transfers to the...

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Regime spoiler or regime pawn : the military and distributional conflict in non-democracies

Amegashie, J. Atsu - 2014

I consider a model in which an autocrat can be removed from power either through a military coup or a revolution by the citizens. In the event of a revolt by the citizens, the military may choose to support the autocrat to crush the revolt or play a passive role. The autocrat determines the...

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