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• Klausureinsicht/Exam Review (1. Termin) "Methods of Middle East Economics" am 10.09.2018
• Klausureinsicht/Exam Review (1. Termin) "Political Economy of Corruption and Shadow Economy" am 30.08.2018
• Klausureinsicht (1.Termin) "Islamic Finance" am 27.08.2018
• Klausureinsicht (1. Termin) "Political Economy of Islam" am 24.08.2018
• Iran after the Nuclear Deal: Which Way Forward?
• Meet Us at the German Science Day Cairo 2018 German Science Day Cairo 2018
• The preliminary program of 5th Seasonal School with Iranian partners at CNMS
• Klausureinsicht (2. Termin) "Political Economy of Islam" am 21.09.2018
• Klausureinsicht (2.Termin) "Islamic Finance" am 24.09.2018
• Klausureinsicht (2. Termin) "Political Economy of Corruption and Shadow Economy" am 02.10.2018
• Workshop Proposal zur “Anwendung von Geodaten in den Wirtschaftswissenschaften“ wird durch UMR 2027 gefördert
• Research Day at the Economics of the Middle East Working Group
• Professors of FB02 in ranking of the KOF Swiss Economic Institute
• New Publication at the Journal of Arabian Studies
• Guest Lecture by Dr. Matthew Levitt: The Utility of Sanctions to Address Iran’s Behavior (14 May 2019)
• Exercise Session of Political Economy of Corruption and Shadow Economy (29 April 2019)
• New Publication at Journal of Economic Policy Reform
• New Publication at Defence and Peace Economics
• Ausschreibung: IRAN-Exkursion (15.-23.11.2019)
• New Publication at World Development
• German Science Day 2019 in Cairo (Egypt)
• Using Geodata for Natural Resource Management: A Practical Workshop (8.-9. Nov. 2019)
• New Ranking of Economists by Forschungsmonitoring
• Neue Termine für Klausureinsichten (2. Termin) / New Dates for Re-Sitting Exam Reviews!
• Symposium on the Political Economy of Climate Change and Natural Disasters with Reference to Iran and the Arab World (1.-2. Nov. 2019)
• Research group welcomes new students (slides of presentations available here!)
• Pictures of the Symposium on the Political Economy of Climate Change and Natural Disasters with Reference to Iran and the Arab World
• Pictures of the GIS Workshop: Using Geodata for Natural Resource Management
• Pictures of Iran Excursion 2019
• International Symposium on the Political Economy of Sanctions (13-14 Dec 2019)
• New Working Papers
• New Publication at Journal of Policy Modeling
• Symposium on the Political Economy of Sanctions: Summary, Presentations, and Pictures
• Panel Discussion: A Historical Background on U.S. and Iran Conflict: Impacts of Sanctions & the Way Forward (4 Feb 2020)
• New Working Papers
• NaDiMa - Socio-Economic, Cultural and Technical Aspects of Natural Disaster Management: A Dialogue between Germany and Iran
• DEBEC - Drivers and Socio-Economic, Behavioural Effects of Climate Change in Iran: The Case of Water Resources Management
• NaDiMa Dialogue #1 | Natural Disaster Management: Lessons from Germany & Iran | 27th July 2020, 2-3:30 p.m. (CET)
• New publication on “International Tourism and Outbreak of Coronavirus”
• NaDiMa Dialogue #2 | Earthquake: Engineering meets Economics | 28 August 2020, 9-10:30 a.m. (CET)
• Interview of Prof. Farzanegan with Deutsche Welle (DW) News on Coronavirus Tourism
• New Publication in Energy Economics A new study on „The impact of declining oil rents on tax revenues: Does the shadow economy matter?” by Phoebe W. Ishak (Universität Hamburg) and Mohammad Reza Farzanegan (CNMS/FB02/Philipps-Universität Marburg) is in press in Energy Economics.
• New MAGKS working paper: "Democracy and Militarization in Developing Countries"
• Call for submission for special issue on 'Political Economy of Natural Disasters'
• Islamic Finance – Summer Semester 2021 Planned Excursion and Guest Lecture
• New Study: The Economic Cost of the Islamic Revolution and War for Iran
• Introduction Meetings for New Students (27/28 Oct 2020)
• Research group welcomes new students (slides of presentations available here!)
• New Study: Ageing Society and SARS-CoV-2 Mortality
• New Publication: Effect of oil revenues on size and income of Iranian middle class How the middle class (MC) size in Iran responds to positive oil rents shocks? What are the transmission channels of oil shocks? In a new article, Farzanegan, Alaedini, Azizimehr & Habibpour use various measures of MC to examine empirically its interactions with oil rents.
• New Publication: Globalization and the Outbreak of COVID-19 A new study by Farzanegan, Feizi and Gholipour aims to study the link between past records of countries in their level of globalization and how that can explain the variation of CFR in our global sample. In other words, is there a robust cross-country relationship between globalization and CFR? Does this association remain robust after controlling for factors that simultaneously affect both variables?
• New Publication: The Impacts of Energy Sanctions on the Black-Market Premium In a new study published in Economics Bulletin, Omid Zamani, Mohammad Reza Farzanegan, Jens-Peter Loy and Majid Einian show the international sanctions have (indirectly) contributed in the expansion of the shadow economy in Iran. This study extends the literature by analyzing the effects of energy sanctions on the black-market premium on the Iranian Rial – U.S. dollar exchange rate. Using a nonlinear autoregressive distributed lag (NARDL) model from 1959 to 2017, they find that falling oil revenues as a result of sanctions have an increasing impact on the black-market premium.
• Open HiWi / Student Assistant (m/w/d) Positions! To support our two projects, we are looking for three student assistants as soon as possible!
• New Publication: Democracy and Militarization in Developing Countries A new study by Professors Dizaji and Farzanegan on "Democracy and Militarization in Developing Countries: A Panel Vector Autoregressive Analysis" is online at Defence and Peace Economics.
• Panel Discussion: From Taliban to Taliban - A Review of Economic Development in Post 9/11 Afghanistan | 5th of October
• Prof. Farzanegan joined the Advisory Committee of Economic Research Forum (ERF) A nine-member Advisory Committee is appointed by the Board of Trustees to advise the Board and Managing Director on technical issues and to screen nominations for ERF affiliation. Advisory Committee members are Research Fellows with an extensive publication record, professional expertise, and strong linkages with the international community of economists.
• poster-dialogue-14_v3.pdf
• poster-dialogue-15_v3.pdf
• references_website_dr_asadzadeh.pdf
• references_website_dr_asadzadeh.pdf
• New Open Access Publication: "Lifting of International Sanctions and the Shadow Economy in Iran—A View from Outer Space"
• New Study: The Effect of Islamic Revolution and War on Income Inequality in Iran In a new working paper, Mohammad Reza Farzanegan & Mohammad Ali Kadivar, examine and estimate the joint effect of Islamic Revolution of 1979 and subsequent war with Iraq (1980-88) on income inequality in Iran. This is the first study which estimates the impact of conflict and regime change by using synthetic control method for the case of Iran.
• New Publication: Effect of public corruption on the COVID-19 immunization progress A new study by Mohammad Reza Farzanegan & Hans Philipp Hofmann (CNMS) on "Effect of public corruption on the COVID-19 immunization progress" is published at Scientific Reports from Nature.
• New Publication: Oil Prices and Unemployment in the MENA Region In a new study which is published online in the Review of Middle East Economics and Finance, Cheratian, Farzanegan and Goltabar (2021) examine the effects of oil prices on unemployment rates in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) over the period of 1991–2017.
• New Working Paper: The Effect of Corruption on Internal Conflict in Iran Using Newspaper Coverage In a new study which is available as CESifo Working Paper No. 9536 , Mohammad Reza Farzanegan & Reza Zamani examine the effect of a corruption reflection index on internal conflict in Iran using a novel measure of corruption based on newspaper coverage. In this study, authors introduce a new index of corruption based on reports from one of Iran’s main news outlets, Eṭṭelāʿāt (lit. information), which is the oldest functioning Persian daily newspaper in the world.
• Islamische Revolution, Krieg und Ungleichheit Wie wirken sich großangelegte politische Veränderungen wie Revolutionen und Kriege auf die Einkommensverteilung innerhalb eines Landes aus? Für den Iran zeigt unsere Schätzung: die Einkommensungleichheit hat durch die Revolution und den Iran-Irak-Krieg abgenommen.
• New Publication: Global and local economic uncertainties and office vacancy in Australia In a new study which is published in Applied Economics, a group of researchers from Germany and Australia examined the response of different office vacancy rates to an increasing shock in local and global uncertainties for the case of Australia. The study provides new insights on the possible effects of growing economic uncertainties especially during the COVID-19 pandemic on business activities. Overall, our findings show that local and global economic uncertainties can negatively influence occupancy rates in Australia’s office market. These findings have different implications for fund managers, investors, and developers.
• Visiting Researcher from Azerbaijan The Economics of the Middle East Research Group is glad to announce their new visiting researcher from Azerbaijan, Dr. Fuzuli Aliyev, for three months (1st April to 30th June 2022).
• Application period for the study programme "M.Sc. Economics of the Middle East (EMEA)" has started! Apply now!
• New Discussion Paper: "Ukraine Invasion and Votes in favour of Russia in the UN General Assembly"
• New Discussion Paper: "Who Supports War for Justice and Why? Evidence from Russia and Ukraine"
• New Publication: "Air pollution and internal migration: evidence from an Iranian household survey"
• NaDiMa Dialogue #20 | Resilience and Spatial Planning (28 July 2022)
• The Effect of Corruption on Internal Conflict in Iran Using Newspaper Coverage A new study on corruption and internal conflict by Prof. Dr. Mohammad Reza Farzanegan (CNMS) and Dr. Reza Zamani (Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran) is published in DEFENCE AND PEACE ECONOMICS.
• NaDiMa Workshop #1 | Natural Disaster Management: Lessons from Iran (10-11 October 2022)
• Economics of the Middle East Research Group welcomes new students (slides available here!)
• Klausureinsicht EMEA (1. Termin) "Introduction to the Economies of the Middle East" am 24.02.2023
• New Publication: The effect of Islamic revolution and war on income inequality in Iran How did the Iranian Revolution of 1978-79 and the subsequent Iran-Iraq War from 1980 to 1988 affect the levels of income inequality in Iran? Would income inequality have developed differently in Iran if the revolution and war had never occurred? How significant was the effect of the revolution and war in reducing income inequality in Iran?
• Klausureinsicht (1.Termin) "Empirical Development Economics with Reference to the MENA Region" am 28.02.2023
• Klausureinsicht (1. Termin) "Political Economy of the Middle East" am 03.03.2023
• New Publication: COVID-19 fatalities and internal conflict: Does government economic support matter? This is a collaborative study that examines the association between COVID-19 mortality rates and the risk of internal conflicts worldwide, with a particular focus on the potential moderating role of government economic support. The study has been published in the European Journal of Political Economy.
• Research Brief: The Driving Factors behind UN Votes on Russia’s Ukraine Invasion This research studies the reasons behind certain countries voting in favor of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine at the UN General Assembly’s first emergency session. The study found that factors such as defense cooperation agreements with Russia, a history of leftist governments, receipt of Russian aid, political similarities with Russia, and lack of war with the Soviet Union all significantly impacted the probability of voting in favor of Russia.