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Resource rents, power, and political stability

Bjorvatn, Kjetil; Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza - Volkswirtschaft Abteilung, Fachbereich … - 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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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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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 … economic growth and military spending. …

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Covid-19 Fatalities and Internal Conflict: Does Government Economic Support Matter?

Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza; Gholipour, Hassan F. - 2021

In this study, we look at the association between COVID-19 fatality rate and internal conflict, highlighting the … COVID-19 fatality rates are likely to be positively associated with internal conflict in countries with lower levels of … countries, the estimation results demonstrate that the positive effect of COVID-19 fatality rates on internal conflict may …

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Oil price shocks, protest, and the shadow economy: Is there a mitigation effect?

Ishak, Phoebe W.; Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza - In: Economics & Politics 34 (2021) 2, pp. 298-321

In this study, we look at how oil price shocks affect the incidence of protests in a country and how the size of a country's shadow economy influences this relationship. Using panel data from 144 countries, from the period of 1991–2015, we find evidence that negative oil price shocks...

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Does oil corrupt? Evidence from a multivariate VAR in Iran

Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza; Zamani, Reza - 2023

relationship operates include inflation, military spending, and the degradation of democratic institutions. Moreover, we provide a …

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Income and happiness in Afghanistan: Do insecurity and violence matter?

Asadi, Mohammad H.; Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza - 2023

significantly impact their predicated level of happiness. This result can be attributed to two main issues. First, in conflict …

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Years of life lost to revolution and war in Iran

Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza - In: Review of Development Economics 27 (2023) 4, pp. 2061-2103

How was life expectancy in Iran affected by the Islamic Revolution and subsequent war with Iraq? This study examines the joint effect of regime change and the war against Iraq on life expectancy in Iran between 1978 and 1988. If there had been no revolution and war in Iran, how would the life...

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Resource rents, power, and political stability

Bjorvatn, Kjetil; Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza - 2014

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Resource Rents, Power, and Political Stability

Bjorvatn, Kjetil; Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza - 2014

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