Jamali Jaghdani, Tinoush; Kvartiuk, Vasyl - In: Comparative Economic Studies 68 (2026) 1
This study examines subsidy retrenchment in Iran, focusing on irrigation water subsidies, the political origins of Iran’s water crisis, and the political economy of reforms. Despite significant subsidy reductions in 2010, we argue that agricultural subsidies remained due to a subsidy coalition...