Mehrdad Vahabi
Biographic Data
| ID | 713596 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mehrdad Vahabi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mehrdad |
| FAMILY NAME | Vahabi |
| SIGNATURE | VAHABI M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Centre d'Économie de la Sorbonne |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9107-9364 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 79 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 21 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
The Legacy of Janos Kornai
Islamic revolution and Anfal
Revolution and Institutional Change
In Janos Kornai’s memory
Socialism and Kornai’s revolutionary perspective
Introduction
The Game Is Afoot
In this article, we are interested in exploring the history of game theory in France, and particularly the way it was received and was diffused in the 1950s. It will be shown that France was the most fertile soil in continental Europe for a multidisciplinary welcoming to game theory. Reviewing certain aspects of the intellectual trajectory of the mathematician Guilbaud, the ethnologist Lévi-Strauss and the psychanalyst Lacan, we show how each of …
A theory of predatory welfare state and citizen welfare
State predation in historical perspective
Introduction
Economists have adopted two broad perspectives on the state: contractual (i.e., provider of public goods and services) and predatory (coercive and extractive). By a predatory state, we mean a state that promotes the private interests of dominant groups within the state (such as politicians, the army and bureaucrats) or influential private groups with strong lobbying powers. Neo-institutional economists support an extended version of the contractu…
The resource curse literature as seen through the appropriability lens
The Economics of Empire-Building
We build a theoretical framework consistent with historical evidence in which empire-building is explained by price and predatory competitions on the market for protection. We explore how the assets structure possessed by the buyers of protection influences the nature of protection and in fine the size of empires. Our main contribution is to introduce a distinction between two types of rent, namely an »absolute« and a »differential« one. The firs…
A positive theory of the predatory state
The Political Economy of Predation
Still in early stages of development, conflict theory presents a growing interest in understanding the economic costs and benefits of conflicts. In this book, Mehrdad Vahabi analyses one type of conflict in particular: manhunting, or predation, in which a dominant power hunts down its prey and the goal of the prey is to escape and thus survive. This contrasts with traditional warfare, in which two (or more) powers enter into a conflict and the go…
The Islamic Republic of Iran and Its Opposition
This essay takes a stylized paradoxical fact of Iranian politics under the Islamic Republic of Iran as its starting point: the stark confusion between the position and a good portion of the opposition. Such a blurred frontier between “position” and “opposition” did not exist during the shah's regime. Without the decisive support of non-Islamic organizations, secular intellectuals, and political forces on the ground, the creation of a theocratic r…
Appropriation, violent enforcement, and transaction costs
Ordres contradictoires et coordination destructive
The concept of ‘mode of coordination’ captures the way economy is embedded in social relationships and influences the integration of society through an ‘instituted process.’ Three main typical or ideal modes of coordination have been identified in the literature, namely the market, the bureaucratic and the ethical (reciprocity) modes of coordination (Polanyi 1944, [1957] 1968, Lindblom 1977, and Kornai, 1984, 1992). Our purpose is to introduce an…
An Introduction to Destructive Coordination
Polanyi (1944, [1957]1968) has distinguished three "patterns of social integration," namely, "reciprocity,""redistribution," and "exchange." This triad has provided the starting point for most subsequent discussion. Our purpose is to introduce a further type of coordination, the "destructive mode of coordination." This mode achieves coordination by intimidation, threat, and the use of non-institutionalized coercive means. Resources and human effo…
La contrainte budgétaire lâche et la théorie économique
The soft budget constraint and economic theory The budget constraint as a bookkeeping identity is a fundamental concept for standard microeconomics. Clower reinterpreted it as a rational planning postulate. Formulated for the first time by Janos Kornai (1979) in the context of a Communist economy, the soft budget constraint (SBC) is a heresy for standard microeconomics and for Clower, since a budget constraint is hard by definition. However this …
The Political Economy of Destructive Power
Economic science has extensively studied the creative power of individuals and social groups, but it has largely ignored the destructive power of economic agents. This highly original book redresses the balance and, for the first time, looks at how much an agent can destroy. Destructive power is conceptualised in a unique way, covering all types of deliberate (violent and non-violent) social conflict behaviour. The theoretical arguments in the bo…
Le secteur non étatique, la contrainte budgétaire lâche et la politique de la porte ouverte en Chine
L'article passe tout d'abord en revue les succès des réformes économiques chinoises. L'entrée et l'expansion soutenue du secteur non étatique, comprenant les sociétés mixtes et les investissements étrangers directs, sont considérées comme les plus grands acquis de ces réformes. La contrainte budgétaire lâche et le paternalisme des entreprises d'État sont ensuite caractérisés comme les plus grands obstacles à l'avancée de ces mêmes réformes. Tandi…
A positive theory of the predatory state
A theory of predatory welfare state and citizen welfare
Introduction
Economists have adopted two broad perspectives on the state: contractual (i.e., provider of public goods and services) and predatory (coercive and extractive). By a predatory state, we mean a state that promotes the private interests of dominant groups within the state (such as politicians, the army and bureaucrats) or influential private groups with strong lobbying powers. Neo-institutional economists support an extended version of the contractu…
Appropriation, violent enforcement, and transaction costs
State predation in historical perspective
An Introduction to Destructive Coordination
Polanyi (1944, [1957]1968) has distinguished three "patterns of social integration," namely, "reciprocity,""redistribution," and "exchange." This triad has provided the starting point for most subsequent discussion. Our purpose is to introduce a further type of coordination, the "destructive mode of coordination." This mode achieves coordination by intimidation, threat, and the use of non-institutionalized coercive means. Resources and human effo…
Islamic revolution and Anfal
Socialism and Kornai’s revolutionary perspective
Introduction
The Game Is Afoot
In this article, we are interested in exploring the history of game theory in France, and particularly the way it was received and was diffused in the 1950s. It will be shown that France was the most fertile soil in continental Europe for a multidisciplinary welcoming to game theory. Reviewing certain aspects of the intellectual trajectory of the mathematician Guilbaud, the ethnologist Lévi-Strauss and the psychanalyst Lacan, we show how each of …
Le secteur non étatique, la contrainte budgétaire lâche et la politique de la porte ouverte en Chine
L'article passe tout d'abord en revue les succès des réformes économiques chinoises. L'entrée et l'expansion soutenue du secteur non étatique, comprenant les sociétés mixtes et les investissements étrangers directs, sont considérées comme les plus grands acquis de ces réformes. La contrainte budgétaire lâche et le paternalisme des entreprises d'État sont ensuite caractérisés comme les plus grands obstacles à l'avancée de ces mêmes réformes. Tandi…
The resource curse literature as seen through the appropriability lens
Le secteur non étatique, la contrainte budgétaire lâche et la politique de la porte ouverte en Chine
L'article passe tout d'abord en revue les succès des réformes économiques chinoises. L'entrée et l'expansion soutenue du secteur non étatique, comprenant les sociétés mixtes et les investissements étrangers directs, sont considérées comme les plus grands acquis de ces réformes. La contrainte budgétaire lâche et le paternalisme des entreprises d'État sont ensuite caractérisés comme les plus grands obstacles à l'avancée de ces mêmes réformes. Tandi…
The Political Economy of Destructive Power
Economic science has extensively studied the creative power of individuals and social groups, but it has largely ignored the destructive power of economic agents. This highly original book redresses the balance and, for the first time, looks at how much an agent can destroy. Destructive power is conceptualised in a unique way, covering all types of deliberate (violent and non-violent) social conflict behaviour. The theoretical arguments in the bo…
La contrainte budgétaire lâche et la théorie économique
The soft budget constraint and economic theory The budget constraint as a bookkeeping identity is a fundamental concept for standard microeconomics. Clower reinterpreted it as a rational planning postulate. Formulated for the first time by Janos Kornai (1979) in the context of a Communist economy, the soft budget constraint (SBC) is a heresy for standard microeconomics and for Clower, since a budget constraint is hard by definition. However this …
An Introduction to Destructive Coordination
Polanyi (1944, [1957]1968) has distinguished three "patterns of social integration," namely, "reciprocity,""redistribution," and "exchange." This triad has provided the starting point for most subsequent discussion. Our purpose is to introduce a further type of coordination, the "destructive mode of coordination." This mode achieves coordination by intimidation, threat, and the use of non-institutionalized coercive means. Resources and human effo…
Ordres contradictoires et coordination destructive
The concept of ‘mode of coordination’ captures the way economy is embedded in social relationships and influences the integration of society through an ‘instituted process.’ Three main typical or ideal modes of coordination have been identified in the literature, namely the market, the bureaucratic and the ethical (reciprocity) modes of coordination (Polanyi 1944, [1957] 1968, Lindblom 1977, and Kornai, 1984, 1992). Our purpose is to introduce an…
The Islamic Republic of Iran and Its Opposition
This essay takes a stylized paradoxical fact of Iranian politics under the Islamic Republic of Iran as its starting point: the stark confusion between the position and a good portion of the opposition. Such a blurred frontier between “position” and “opposition” did not exist during the shah's regime. Without the decisive support of non-Islamic organizations, secular intellectuals, and political forces on the ground, the creation of a theocratic r…
Appropriation, violent enforcement, and transaction costs
The Political Economy of Predation
Still in early stages of development, conflict theory presents a growing interest in understanding the economic costs and benefits of conflicts. In this book, Mehrdad Vahabi analyses one type of conflict in particular: manhunting, or predation, in which a dominant power hunts down its prey and the goal of the prey is to escape and thus survive. This contrasts with traditional warfare, in which two (or more) powers enter into a conflict and the go…
A positive theory of the predatory state
The Economics of Empire-Building
We build a theoretical framework consistent with historical evidence in which empire-building is explained by price and predatory competitions on the market for protection. We explore how the assets structure possessed by the buyers of protection influences the nature of protection and in fine the size of empires. Our main contribution is to introduce a distinction between two types of rent, namely an »absolute« and a »differential« one. The firs…
The resource curse literature as seen through the appropriability lens
A theory of predatory welfare state and citizen welfare
State predation in historical perspective
Introduction
Economists have adopted two broad perspectives on the state: contractual (i.e., provider of public goods and services) and predatory (coercive and extractive). By a predatory state, we mean a state that promotes the private interests of dominant groups within the state (such as politicians, the army and bureaucrats) or influential private groups with strong lobbying powers. Neo-institutional economists support an extended version of the contractu…
Socialism and Kornai’s revolutionary perspective
Introduction
The Game Is Afoot
In this article, we are interested in exploring the history of game theory in France, and particularly the way it was received and was diffused in the 1950s. It will be shown that France was the most fertile soil in continental Europe for a multidisciplinary welcoming to game theory. Reviewing certain aspects of the intellectual trajectory of the mathematician Guilbaud, the ethnologist Lévi-Strauss and the psychanalyst Lacan, we show how each of …
In Janos Kornai’s memory
Islamic revolution and Anfal
Revolution and Institutional Change
The Legacy of Janos Kornai
Economics (16 works) · Political science (16 works) · Law (14 works) · Politics (11 works) · Law (10 works) · Neoclassical economics (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Political economy (7 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works)