the aim of this study is to review the rentier state theory, with special regard to iran. iran’s rentier state is highly dependent on oil revenues, but much less on tax revenues. even this negligible reliance on tax revenues, itself seems to be indebted to oil revenues. thus the main research hypothesis is that iran’s oil revenue is one of the main determinants of tax revenues. to empirically t...

This article challenges claims that liberalising state regulated markets in developing countries may induce lasting economic development. The analysis of the rise of tourism in Egypt during the last three decades suggests that the effects of liberalisation and structural adjustment are constrained by the neo-patrimonial character of the Egyptian political system. Since the decline of oil rent r...

study the effective geographical factors on formation of retire governments and their consequences for persian gulfabstractoil is the most political and most important good in today’s world economy undoubtedly. rant phenomenon and rentier governments have been a subject of great interest as a reason for rentier governments between researchers. rant can be described as an income which is earned ...

The 'paradox of plenty' and the 'resource curse' hypotheses claim that abundance in natural resources, particularly oil, encourages civil war through a number of causal mechanisms. Natural resources provide both motive and opportunity for conflict, rent seeking slows down growth and renders state institutions weak thus creating indirect causes of violent conflict. Contrarily, the theory of the ...

Contrary to widespread assumptions, there is substantial variation, both across states and across time, in the salaries of politicians. In this paper, we examine the empirical determinants of Chief Political Officer (CPO) pay guided by the literature on executive compensation. Using data for 1950-94 for the US, and controlling for fixed effects, we find that gubernatorial wages respond to incre...

This study aims to design a model to realize real estate income tax in Tabriz city with due attention to the tax collection process. According to the related literature, the variables of "tax payment," "real estate," "tax evasion," "investment incentive," "rent and real estate speculation," and "advertisement in tax collection" are considered as key variables, affecting the conceptual model of ...

Imperfect altruism between generations may lead to insufficient capital accumulation. We study the welfare consequences of taxing the rent on a fixed production factor, such as land, in combination with age-dependent redistributions as a remedy. Taxing rent enhances welfare by increasing capital investment. This holds for any tax rate and recycling of the tax revenues except for combinations of...

Tax competition for a mobile factor is different in ‘new economic geography settings’ compared to standard tax competition models. The agglomeration rent which accrues to the mobile factor in the core region can be taxed. Moreover, a tax differential between the core and the periphery can be maintained. The present paper reexamines this issue in a setting which, in addition to the core-peripher...