Working Papers

ERF Working papers are a quick and efficient way of sharing research work to disseminate knowledge, receive feedback, obtain preliminary recognition, and ultimately, to prepare publications.

Read Publication Procedures & Guidelines for Authors

Latest Working Papers

Working Papers

The Impact of Soft Power on Inward Foreign...

This paper estimates the economic cost of sanctions on Iran (both aggregate and... Read More

Date

September, 2025

No.

1794

Topic

Q4. Energy

H5. National Government Expenditures and Related Policies

E2. Consumption, Saving, Production, Investment, Labor Markets, and Informal Economy

F2. International Factor Movements and International Business

Working Papers

Does High Liquidity Creation Reduce the Efficiency of...

This paper estimates the economic cost of sanctions on Iran (both aggregate and... Read More

Date

September, 2025

No.

1793

Topic

E5. Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit

G2. Financial Institutions and Services

Working Papers

The Interplay Between Fertility and Female Labor Market...

This paper estimates the economic cost of sanctions on Iran (both aggregate and... Read More

Date

August, 2025

No.

1792

Topic

J2. Demand and Supply of Labor

J1. Demographic Economics

Working Papers

The Impact of Price, Legality, and Flavor Availability...

This paper estimates the economic cost of sanctions on Iran (both aggregate and... Read More

Date

August, 2025

No.

1791

Topic

K3. Other Substantive Areas of Law

I1. Health

I2. Education and Research Institutions

Working Papers

Harassment and Female Labor Force Participation: Micro-Level Evidence...

This paper estimates the economic cost of sanctions on Iran (both aggregate and... Read More

Date

August, 2025

No.

1790

Topic

R4. Transportation Economics

J2. Demand and Supply of Labor

J1. Demographic Economics

Full List of Working Papers

Working Papers
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

Working Papers
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

Working Papers
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

Working Papers
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

Working Papers
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

Working Papers
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

Working Papers
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

196