Mohammad Reza Farzanegan

Best Publications

• The effects of oil price shocks on the Iranian economy

  Mohammad Reza Farzanegan;Gunther Markwardt

  669
  Citations

• Pollution, shadow economy and corruption: Theory and evidence ☆

  Amit K. Biswas;Amit K. Biswas;Mohammad Reza Farzanegan;Marcel Thum

  410
  Citations

• International Tourism and Outbreak of Coronavirus (COVID-19): A Cross-Country Analysis

  Mohammad Reza Farzanegan;Hassan F. Gholipour;Mehdi Feizi;Robin Nunkoo

  381
  Citations

• Oil Revenue Shocks and Government Spending Behavior in Iran

  Mohammad Reza Farzanegan

  274
  Citations

• Illegal trade in the Iranian economy: Evidence from a structural model

  Mohammad Reza Farzanegan

  202
  Citations

• Resource Curse and Power Balance: Evidence from Oil-Rich Countries

  Kjetil Bjorvatn;Mohammad Reza Farzanegan;Friedrich Schneider

  183
  Citations

• Demographic Transition in Resource Rich Countries: A Blessing or a Curse?

  Kjetil Bjorvatn;Mohammad Reza Farzanegan

  121
  Citations

• Corruption and political stability: Does the youth bulge matter?

  Mohammad Reza Farzanegan;Stefan Witthuhn

  115
  Citations

• Military spending and economic growth: The case of Iran

  Mohammad Reza Farzanegan

  115
  Citations

• Effects of International Financial and Energy Sanctions on Iran's Informal Economy

  Mohammad Reza Farzanegan

  97
  Citations

• Smuggling around the world: evidence from a structural equation model

  Andreas Buehn;Mohammad Reza Farzanegan

  85
  Citations

• Political institutions and government spending behavior: theory and evidence from Iran

  Sajjad Faraji Dizaji;Mohammad Reza Farzanegan;Alireza Naghavi

  84
  Citations

• Globalization and the Outbreak of COVID-19: An Empirical Analysis

  Mohammad Reza Farzanegan;Mehdi Feizi;Hassan F. Gholipour

  76
  Citations

• Development and pollution in the Middle East and North Africa: Democracy matters

  Mohammad Reza Farzanegan;Gunther Markwardt

  73
  Citations

• Hold your breath: A new index of air pollution☆

  Andreas Buehn;Andreas Buehn;Mohammad Reza Farzanegan

  73
  Citations

• Resource rents, balance of power, and political stability

  Kjetil Bjorvatn;Mohammad Reza Farzanegan

  72
  Citations

• Institutions and the effectiveness of expenditures on environmental protection: evidence from Middle Eastern countries

  Hassan F. Gholipour;Mohammad Reza Farzanegan

  69
  Citations

• Natural resource rents and internal conflicts: Can decentralization lift the curse?

  Mohammad Reza Farzanegan;Christian Lessmann;Christian Lessmann;Gunther Markwardt

  65
  Citations

• Can oil-rich countries encourage entrepreneurship?

  Mohammad Reza Farzanegan

  59
  Citations

• Divorce and the cost of housing: evidence from Iran

  Mohammad Reza Farzanegan;Hassan Fereidouni Gholipour

  52
  Citations