Professor of Economics
Education: Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Areas of Expertise
Theoretical and empirical issues in the political economy of development: the role of country institutions in the formation and reform of fiscal, trade, and regulatory policies.
Selected Publications
Articles or Book Chapters:
"Searching for the (Dark) Forces Behind Protection," Forthcoming, Oxford Economic Papers.
"Fatal attraction: Turkey’s Troubled Relationship with the European Union," The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, 2003, 43: 807–826
"Institutions, Infrastructure, and Economic Growth," with Maria Teresa Ramirez, Journal of Development Economics, 2003, 70: 443– 477.
"Hidden Public Expenditures and Economic Performance in Iran," with Farzad Taheripour, International Journal of Middle East Studies, 2002, 34: 691–718.
"Explaining Trade Policy in the Middle East and North Africa," with Lyn Squire in Hadi Salehi Esfahani, Ebrahim Elbadawi, Hanaa Kheir El-Din, and Mohamed Lahouel, Essays in Honor Heba Handoussa, Forthcoming.
"Understanding Economic Growth in Specific Contexts," manuscript, January 2003. in Gary McMahon and Lyn Squire, eds., Understanding Growth, Forthcoming.
"Political Economy of Growth: Lessons Learned and Challenges Ahead," with Micael Castanheira, in Gary McMahon and Lyn Squire, eds., Explaining Growth: A Global Research Project. New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003: 159-212.
"Globalization and Deregulation in Developing Countries," in Tarik Yousef, ed., Globalization: Challenges and Opportunities for Development in the Middle East and North Africa, forthcoming.
"Measuring Public Sector Performance in Infrastructure," in Anwar Shah, ed., Re-Creating Government that Delivers and Serves. Washington, DC: The World Bank, 2002: Chapter 6.
"Deterrence of Iraq, Damage to the Oil Market, and Democratization in Iran," Swords and Ploughshares, Winter 2002, 14.3: 10-14.
"Popular Attitudes in the Middle East Towards the United States: Is Iran Different?" Swords and Ploughshares, Summer 2002, 14.1: 17-21.
The Economy of Iran: The Dilemmas of an Islamic State, Edited by Parvin Alizadeh. (New York, NY: I.B. Tauris). Middle East Studies Association Bulletin, Forthcoming.
"Alternative Public Service Delivery Mechanisms in Iran," manuscript, December 2003.
"Institutions, Credit Constraint, and Fiscal Behavior: An Empirical Study of Argentina’s Provincial Governments" with Federico Guala, September 2002.
"What Determines the Extent of Public Ownership?" with Ali Toossi Ardakani, March 2002.
"Hiding Public Debt," with HoeJeong Kim, manuscript, January 2002.
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Link(s)
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