Mehrdad Vahabi, CEPN, UMR-CNRS 7234, Université Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité – mehrdad.vahabi@wanadoo.fr
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In my studies, I have explored the political economy of Iran and particularly the relationship between the state and socio-economic development in this country. The importance of the oil revenue in economic development of contemporary Iran has been underlined since the early seventies and a vast literature on the rentier state and authoritarian modernization has scrutinized the …[Lire la suite]
Mehrdad Vahabi, CEPN, UMR-CNRS 7234, Université Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité – mehrdad.vahabi@wanadoo.fr
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This paper explores the evolution of Kornai’s thought on General Equilibrium Theory (GET) and his position on mainstream economics. Three moments in this evolution will be highlighted starting by rejecting GET and advocating disequilibrium in Anti-Equilibrium (1971). While Kornai does not treat the ‘equilibrium paradigm’ as irrelevant, he suggests an alternative paradigm, namely economic systems theory that …[Lire la suite]
Mariem Brahim, CEPN, UMR-CNRS 7234, Université Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité – mariouma-brahim@hotmail.fr
Nader Nefzi, CEPN, UMR-CNRS 7234, Université Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité – nefzinader@live.fr
Hamed Sambo, CEPN, UMR-CNRS 7234, Université Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité – hamed.sambo@univ-paris13.fr
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The aim of this paper is to examine the effect of remittances on real effective exchange rate in MENA countries using an autoregressive distributive lag (ARDL) model …[Lire la suite]
Mehrdad Vahabi, CEPN, UMR-CNRS 7234, Université Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité – mehrdad.vahabi@wanadoo.fr
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There is a vast literature and several surveys on the economic and political resource curse. However, the surveys often fail to capture two points: 1) they disregard the relationship between this recent literature and the staple theory and the staple trap; 2) the appropriability issue has only been treated tangentially and has never been the focus of …[Lire la suite]
Les 5 et 6 octobre prochains aura lieu le colloque L’emboîtement des crises à la Maison des Sciences de l’Homme Paris-Nord organisé par Razmig Keucheyan (Université de Bordeaux), Jean-Numa Ducange (Université de Rouen) et Cédric Durand (université Paris-13).
En introduction aura lieu une journée d’étude doctorale le 4 octobre. Elle aura pour objet de donner des perspectives communes et multidisciplinaires aux doctorants de toutes disciplines sur les différentes dimensions de la crise (économique, politique, écologique etc.) …[Lire la suite]
Francisco Serranito, CEPN, UMR-CNRS 7234, Université Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité
serranito@univ-paris13.fr
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This paper aims at testing the determinants of TFP in the case of a panel of African and Middle-East countries for the period 1970-2010. We get two main results. Firstly, the degree of openness of a country is the only variables that have a positive and robust effect on the TFP growth. Secondly, convergence is not an automatic phenomenon …[Lire la suite]
