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A Computable General Equilibrium Model of International Sanctions

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  • M. Reza Gharibnavaz
  • Robert Waschik

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We detail recent international sanctions against the Iranian economy and its government. The effects of these sanctions on the Iranian economy, the Iranian government and rural and urban Iranian households disaggregated by income decile are modelled using a Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model which uses endogenous taxes to simulate the effects of sanctions. Results suggest that sanctions on Iranian oil exports had a serious negative effect on the Iranian economy, with very strong negative changes on real revenue earned by the Iranian government, but much more limited effects on the well-being of Iranian rural and urban households.

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  • M. Reza Gharibnavaz & Robert Waschik, 2015. "A Computable General Equilibrium Model of International Sanctions," Centre of Policy Studies/IMPACT Centre Working Papers g-255, Victoria University, Centre of Policy Studies/IMPACT Centre.
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    Keywords

    sanctions; oil; Iran; CGE model;
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    JEL classification:

    • F51 - International Economics - - International Relations, National Security, and International Political Economy - - - International Conflicts; Negotiations; Sanctions
    • Q34 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Nonrenewable Resources and Conservation - - - Natural Resources and Domestic and International Conflicts
    • C68 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Mathematical Methods; Programming Models; Mathematical and Simulation Modeling - - - Computable General Equilibrium Models

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