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Category Archives: Economic development
Working Paper: “The Islamic Waqf: Instrument of Personal Security, Worldly and Otherworldly”
(with Serkant Adıgüzel) “The Islamic Waqf: Instrument of Personal Security, Worldly and Otherworldly” (29 December 2020).
Working Paper: “Economic Harbingers of Political Modernization: Peaceful Explosion of Rights in Ottoman Istanbul, 1600-1839”
(with Aslı Cansunar) “Economic Harbingers of Political Modernization: Peaceful Explosion of Rights in Ottoman Istanbul, 1600-1839” (Economic Research Initiatives at Duke Working Paper, SSRN, December 22, 2020).
Article: “Zakat: Islam’s Missed Opportunity to Limit Predatory Taxation”
“Zakat: Islam’s Missed Opportunity to Limit Predatory Taxation.” Public Choice, 182, (2020): 395-416.
Op-ed: “The Roots of Middle East Mistrust”
“The Roots of Middle East Mistrust.” Project Syndicate, July 8, 2016.
- Arabic translation: جذور انعدام الثقة في الشرق الأوسط
- Chinese translation: 中东缺乏信任的根源
- Czech translation: Kořeny blízkovýchodní nedůvěry
- Dutch translation: De wortels van het wantrouwen in het Midden-Oosten
- French translation: Les racines du manque de confiance au Moyen-Orient
- German translation: Die Wurzeln des Misstrauens im Mittleren Osten
- Indonesian translation: Asal Mula Ketidakpercayaan di Timur Tengah
- Italian translation: Dove affondano le radici della diffidenza del Medio Oriente
- Russian translation: Корни недоверия Ближнего Востока
- Spanish translation: Las raíces de la desconfianza en Oriente Medio
Op-ed: “Religious Freedom Promotes Economic Development”
“Religious Freedom Promotes Economic Development.” Cornerstone, April 28, 2014 .
Article: “Economic Modernization in Late British India: Hindu-Muslim Differences”
(with Anantdeep Singh) “Economic Modernization in Late British India: Hindu-Muslim Differences”. Economic Development and Cultural Change, 61 (2013): 503-38.
Co-edited book: Institutions and Patterns of Economic Development
Masahiko Aoki, Timur Kuran, and Gérard Roland, eds., in cooperation with Bina Aggarwal and Jan Svejnar, Institutions and Patterns of Economic Development: Vol. 1 of the Proceedings of the Sixteenth World Congress of the International Economic Association (London: Palgrave, 2012).
Interview: “World Economic Crisis”
Interview on BBC Forum program podcast on “World Economic Crisis,” moderated by Bridget Kendall. Participants: Timur Kuran, Danny Quah (LSE) and Robert Skidelsky (British House of Lords), December 14, 2011.
Roundtable paper: “Synergies between Middle Eastern Economic History and the Analytic Social Sciences”
“Synergies between Middle Eastern Economic History and the Analytic Social Sciences,” International Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, 44 (2012): 542-45.
Review essay: “West is Best? Why Civilizations Rise and Fall”
“West is Best? Why Civilizations Rise and Fall”. Foreign Affairs, 90 (January-February 2011): 159-63. Printer friendly version.
Article: “The Rule of Law in Islamic Thought and Practice: A Historical Perspective”
“The Rule of Law in Islamic Thought and Practice: A Historical Perspective,” in Global Perspectives on the Rule of Law, ed. James J. Heckman, Robert L. Nelson, and Lee Cabatingan (New York: Routledge, 2010), pp. 71-89.
Article: “The Scale of Entrepreneurship in Middle Eastern History: Inhibitive Roles of Islamic Institutions”
“The Scale of Entrepreneurship in Middle Eastern History: Inhibitive Roles of Islamic Institutions,” in The Invention of Enterprise: Entrepreneurship from Ancient Mesopotamia to Modern Times, ed. William J. Baumol, David S. Landes, and Joel Mokyr (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2010), pp. 62-87.
Article: “Economic Development in the Middle East: The Historical Roles of Culture, Institutions, and Religion”
“Economic Development in the Middle East: The Historical Roles of Culture, Institutions, and Religion,” in Culture and Development , ed. Jean-Philippe Platteau (New York: Routledge, 2010), pp. 87-102.
Article: “Explaining the Economic Trajectories of Civilizations: The Systemic Approach”
“Explaining the Economic Trajectories of Civilizations: The Systemic Approach.” Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 71 (2009): 593-605.
- Chinese translation, Comparative Institutional Analysis, (2012): 82-106.