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 …

This study investigates the case of Iran to evaluate how changes in the intensity of international sanctions affect … terrorism risk. In contrast, the risk of civil war declines after an increase in sanction intensity. These findings for Iran …

hypothesize that corruption matters in this nexus. Using panel data covering the period of 2002 - 2012 for more than 150 countries … total working age population (15 - 64 years old) and corruption on political stability. This finding is robust, controlling … between corruption and the youth population remains robust when we control for the persistency of political stability and the …

This study shows that the relative size of the youth bulge matters for how corruption affects the internal stability of … a political system. We argue that corruption cannot buy political stability (e.g., the greasing hypothesis) in countries … find a negative interaction effect between the relative size of the youth population and corruption on internal political …

public corruption. In contrast, sanctions have no significant effect on political stability in countries with lower levels of … corruption. These results are robust across various model specifications, control variables, competing moderator, and alternative … during sanctions by improving their control of corruption. …