Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/252053 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 9536
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
We study the effect of a corruption reflection index on internal conflict in Iran using a novel measure of corruption based on newspaper coverage. We use the Vector Autoregression (VAR) model and its applied tools of impulse response and variance decomposition analyses to track the response of protests to shocks in the level of corruption. Using annual data from 1962 to 2019, we find a positive and significant response of protests to a positive shock in the news-based corruption reflection index. We also show that the main channels where higher corruption may lead to higher internal protests are through economic growth and military spending.
Subjects: 
corruption
protest
conflict
newspaper coverage
Iran
economic growth
revolution
JEL: 
D73
D74
F52
C54
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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