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Connecting People and Ideas... Through its impartial, independent and timely analysis of economic problems on the one hand and a well-established publications process on the other, ERF seeks maximize impact of development research and to inform policy debate and policy discussions. Our portfolio includes a Series of Working Papers and Series of Policy Reports, Policy Briefs and Policy Perspectives.
Latest ERF Publications
Full List of ERF Publications
Between Stabilization and Allocation in the MENA Region: Are Competition Laws Helping?
In the 1990s, many MENA countries relied on adjustment and stabilization programs offered by international... Read More
An Anatomy of Firm-Level Productivity in Turkey in the AKP Era
The main aim of the current paper is to investigate the productivity dynamics of Turkey... Read More
Fiscal Reform – Aid or Hindrance: A Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) Analysis for Saudi Arabia
The oil price fell from around $US110 per barrel in 2014 to less than $US50per... Read More
The Real Effects of Credit Supply Disruptions: The Case of 2011 Embezzlement Scandal in Iran
In this paper we study the effect of credit market disruptions on real decisions in... Read More
Credit Card Debt: Nescience or Necessity?
This paper attempts to assess whether the driving factor behind the rising credit card indebtedness... Read More
True Development or Just Some Nugatory Digits? A Social-Epistemological Study of Iran’s Global Rank in Scientific Output
In the last decade Iranian academia has witnessed a glaring growth in scientific output, as... Read More
Macroeconomic Institutions: Lessons from World Experience for MENA Countries
What can be learned from the world experience about different macroeconomic institutions, to improve macroeconomic... Read More
Thank You, Infidels! Social Welfare and Islamic State Recruitment
This paper is motivated by reports about Islamic State fighters having received welfare payments from... Read More
The Weight of History: A Natural Experiment in Higher Education
Using a Regression Discontinuity Design (RDD) and publicly available datasets, this study measures the effect... Read More