the revolution should no longer be exported actively, but that Iran should serve as an example. Consequently, Supreme … Leader Khamenei called the events of the Arab Spring a natural enlargement of Iran's Islamic revolution of 1979 and credited …

examine the viability of Resource Curse theory for Iran, Russia and Norway to see whether natural resources are curse or … Iran with Turkey and Russia with China to illustrate the negative effects of oil revenue on economic performance. The … successful oil rich country shows that efficient institutions can turn natural resource into blessing; while Iran's and Russia …

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 …

in political discussions at the time of elections. The increasing working age and young population in Iran have difficult … study examines the link between housing costs and marriage rate in Iran controlling for other relevant economic determinants … of marriage. Using a panel of provinces of Iran over a period of nine years (2003-2011) and applying generalized method …

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 …

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

subsequent taxation in Iran. We use rich micro survey data covering 140,000 individuals from more than 36,000 Iranian urban and … policy is the most successful policy for addressing rents-induced inequality in Iran compared with the alternative policies. …

One of the main elements of economic sanctions against Iran due to its nuclear and military programs is crude oil … exports, our proxy of Iran oil sanctions. However, the increasing response of oil prices to the Iranian oil sanction is only … significant in the first year after negative shock in Iran oil exports. Beyond the first year following shock, we do not observe a …

This paper seeks to explain how Iran's regime persisted in the face of international sanctions during Mahmud …

We examine the macroeconomic and household welfare consequences of oil sanctions in Iran. We use social accounting … of oil from Iran to the rest of the world is banned. Our main results show that higher income households are losing more … sanction crisis. In addition, labor income increases while the capital income falls in response to oil sanctions in Iran. These …