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The Impact of Independent Media on Political Mobilization during the Arab Spring
We investigate how independent media networks influenced political mobilization during the Arab Spring in the... Read More
To Leave or Not to Leave: The Role of Aspirations and Networks in Shaping Young Women’s Migration Decisions in Lebanon
Migration aspirations, the hope and ambition to leave the origin country, are recognized as the... Read More
Evaluating the Impact of COVID-19 on Credit Rationing for Tunisian SMEs: A Conditional Difference-in-Differences Analysis
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a substantial impact on the global economy, particularly small and... Read More
Traders’ War Against Trade Walls: Evidence from Import Prohibition in Iran
While governments justify trade bans in terms of home protection and controlling currency crises, traders... Read More
Income Shocks, Bride Price and Child Marriage in Turkey
Early marriage persists in many countries despite legal prohibition. We investigate the role of income... Read More
From Flow to Fortune? The Economic Impacts of Agricultural Dams
We examine the economic effects of agricultural dams for Iran. To estimate the benefits of... Read More
Long Shadows of the Walking Dead on Economic Activity
This paper presents the panorama of zombie firms in the Turkish economy, which are highly... Read More
Revisiting Economic Diversification: A Cross-country Analysis
The existing literature on development and economic diversification finds an inverted-U function between these two... Read More
Does The Trillion-Dollar Cost of Sanctions Matter for Iranian Economic Development?
This paper estimates the economic cost of sanctions on Iran (both aggregate and per capita)... Read More