Discussion and Working Paper // 2009

Macroeconomic of populism in Iran

This paper uses the Dornbusch and Edwards (1990) analytical framework to investigate the macroeconomic populism in Iran under the Ahmadinejad government. My thesis endeavours to place the government of Ahmadinejad in a populist context and forecasts its fall mainly due to macroeconomic instabilities. The purpose of this study is to illustrate how closely Ahmadinejad’s government follows the model of Dornbusch and Edwards (1990).

Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza (2009), Macroeconomic of populism in Iran, Munich