Beyond Structural Explanations: Causal Configurations of Authoritarian Regime Collapse during the Arab Spring
https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:osf:socarx:5shp8_v1&r=&r=ara
Published: May 12, 2026 00:00
Why do comparable military defections and elite divisions sometimes produce regime collapse while identical conditions fail elsewhere? Conventional explanations falter by assuming uniform effects rather than context-dependent configurations. This article…
Identity and Human Capital Investment: Evidence from Veiling Ban Removal in Turkey
https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hhs:hamisu:2026_001&r=&r=ara
Published: April 28, 2026 00:00
This paper examines how restrictions on religious expression affect women’s educational attainment. We study the 2010 removal of the headscarf ban in Turkish universities, which had long limited access to higher education for visibly religious women. Our…
AI unbound: digital infrastructure, AI adoption, and firm performance
https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:cep:cepdps:dp2172&r=&r=ara
Published: April 15, 2026 00:00
We study how digital infrastructure relaxes constraints on the diffusion and economic impact of artificial intelligence (AI). Using administrative data and a nationally representative enterprise survey from Turkey (2021-2024), we document significant…
Cash Crops, Settlement Patterns, and Indigenous Population Growth: The Role of Wine in Colonial Algeria (1900-1950)
https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:cte:whrepe:49839&r=&r=ara
Published: April 14, 2026 00:00
This paper examines how export-oriented settler agriculture shaped the spatial distribution of indigenous populations in colonial Algeria. By the early twentieth century, Algeria had become one of the world's largest wine producers and the principal…