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The Economic Cost of Revolution: The Iranian Case. A Synthetic Control Analysis

In: INTRODUCTION TO ISLAMIC ECONOMICS AND FINANCE

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  • Serhat Hasancebi

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In 1978, a revolution in Iran succeeded in toppling Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. After the Shah was forced to leave the country, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, one of the leaders of the revolution, returned from his exile in France to become the Supreme Leader of Iran. In this paper, we investigate the economic cost of the revolution using the synthetic control method. According to our estimates, we conclude that after the emergence of the revolution, the annual real gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in Iran declined by about 20.15% on average relative to its synthetic counterpart without the revolution in the period 1978–1980. If Iran had not faced such a revolution, the accumulated per capita GDP would have been $6,479 higher, which amounts to an average annual loss of about $2,159 over that period.

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  • Serhat Hasancebi, 2025. "The Economic Cost of Revolution: The Iranian Case. A Synthetic Control Analysis," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: M Kabir Hassan (ed.), INTRODUCTION TO ISLAMIC ECONOMICS AND FINANCE, chapter 17, pages 415-435, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:wschap:9789819813735_0017
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