Timur Kuran
Professor of Economics
Timur Kuran is Professor of Economics and Political Science, and Gorter Family Professor of Islamic Studies at Duke University. His research focuses on (1) social change, including the evolution of preferences and institutions, and (2) the economic and political history and modernization of the Middle East. His current projects include a study of the role that the Middle East’s traditional institutions played in its poor political performance, as measured by democratization and human liberties. Among his publications are Private Truths, Public Lies: The Social Consequences of Preference Falsification (Harvard University Press); Islam and Mammon: The Economic Predicaments of Islamism (Princeton University Press); The Long Divergence: How Islamic Law Held Back the Middle East (Princeton University Press); and a tri-lingual edited work that consists of ten volumes, Socio-Economic Life in Seventeenth-century Istanbul: Glimpses from Court Records (İş Bank Publications). After graduating from Robert Academy in Istanbul in 1973, Kuran went on to study economics at Princeton University (AB 1977) and Stanford University (PhD 1982). Between 1982 and 2007 he taught at the University of Southern California. He was also a member of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, the John Olin Visiting Professor at the Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago, and a visiting professor of economics at Stanford University. He currently directs the Association for Analytic Learning about Islam and Muslim Societies (AALIMS); is a member of the Executive Committee of the International Economic Association; edits a book series for Cambridge University Press, serves on numerous editorial boards; and is a member of the Turkish Academy of Sciences. He has served on the World Economic Forum’s Arab World Council.
Current Appointments & Affiliations
- Professor of Economics, Economics, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2007
- Professor of Political Science, Political Science, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2007
- Director of Graduate Studies for MAPE in the Department of Economics, Economics, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2019
- Gorter Family Distinguished Professor of Islamic Studies in Trinity College of Arts and Sciences, Economics, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2007
Contact Information
- Box 90097, Department of Economics, Durham, NC 27708
- Department of Economics, Box 90097, 213 Chapel Drive, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708
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t.kuran@duke.edu
(919) 660-1800
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Personal Website
- Background
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Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., Stanford University 1982
- M.A., Stanford University 1979
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Duke Appointment History
- Director of Graduate Studies for MAPE of Economics, Economics, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2017 - 2018
- Recognition
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In the News
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Awards & Honors
- Expertise
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Global Scholarship
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Expertise
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Research
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- Research
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Selected Grants
- Research Initiative Economic Study of Religion - Markers awarded by Chapman University 2017 - 2019
- Economic Freedom and Development in the Muslim World awarded by Georgetown University 2015 - 2018
- Religious Freedom in the Islamic World:Past and Present awarded by Georgetown University 2014
- The RES Research Initiative: Bringing New Minds and Methods to the Study of Religious Market and Spiritual Capital awarded by Chapman University 2013 - 2014
- Publications & Artistic Works
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Selected Publications
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Books
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Kuran, T. The long divergence: How Islamic law held back the Middle East, 2012.
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Kuran, T. Islam and mammon: The economic predicaments of islamism, 2010.
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Academic Articles
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Kuran, T. “Zakat: Islam’s missed opportunity to limit predatory taxation.” Public Choice 182, no. 3–4 (March 1, 2020): 395–416. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11127-019-00663-x.Full Text
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Kuran, T. “Islam and economic performance: Historical and contemporary links.” Journal of Economic Literature 56 (December 1, 2018): 1292–1359. https://doi.org/10.1257/jel.20171243.Full Text
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Enikolopov, R., T. Kuran, and H. Li. “Statement by New Editors.” Journal of Comparative Economics 45, no. 2 (May 1, 2017): iii–iv. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0147-5967(17)30041-0.Full Text
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Enikolopov, R., T. Kuran, and H. Li. “Statement by New Editors.” Journal of Comparative Economics 45, no. 1 (February 1, 2017): iii–iv. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0147-5967(17)30014-8.Full Text
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Kuran, T. “Legal roots of authoritarian rule in the middle east: Civic legacies of the islamic waqf.” American Journal of Comparative Law 64, no. 2 (July 1, 2016): 419–54. https://doi.org/10.5131/AJCL.2016.0014.Full Text
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Kuran, T., and J. Rubin. “The Financial Power of the Powerless: Socio-Economic Status and Interest Rates under Partial Rule of Law.” The Economic Journal, June 2016. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecoj.12389.Full Text Open Access Copy
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Kuran, T. “A comment on Ali Yaycioǧlu's review of Timur Kuran, Ed., Social and economic life in seventeenth-century Istanbul: Glimpses from court records, vols. 1-10 (IJMES 47 [2015]: 625-27).” International Journal of Middle East Studies 48, no. 2 (May 1, 2016): 429–32. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0020743816000362.Full Text
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Kuran, Timur. “Social and Economic Life in Seventeenth-Century Istanbul: Glimpses from Court Records (vol 5, pg 584, 2010).” International Journal of Middle East Studies 48, no. 2 (May 1, 2016): 437–437.Link to Item
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Kuran, Timur. “Social and Economic Life in Seventeenth-Century Istanbul: Glimpses from Court Records (vol 9, pg 529, 2013).” International Journal of Middle East Studies 48, no. 2 (May 1, 2016): 437–437.Link to Item
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Kuran, Timur. “Social and Economic Life in Seventeenth-Century Istanbul: Glimpses from Court Records (vol 7, pg 677, 2012).” International Journal of Middle East Studies 48, no. 2 (May 1, 2016): 437–437.Link to Item
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Kuran, Timur. “Social and Economic Life in Seventeenth-Century Istanbul: Glimpses from Court Records (vol 2, pg 659, 2010).” International Journal of Middle East Studies 48, no. 2 (May 1, 2016): 437–437.Link to Item
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Kuran, Timur. “Social and Economic Life in Seventeenth-Century Istanbul: Glimpses from Court Records (vol 3, pg 544, 2011).” International Journal of Middle East Studies 48, no. 2 (May 1, 2016): 437–437.Link to Item
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Kuran, Timur. “Social and Economic Life in Seventeenth-Century Istanbul: Glimpses from Court Records (vol 4, pg 708, 2010).” International Journal of Middle East Studies 48, no. 2 (May 1, 2016): 437–437.Link to Item
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Kuran, Timur. “Social and Economic Life in Seventeenth-Century Istanbul: Glimpses from Court Records (vol 8, pg 651, 2012).” International Journal of Middle East Studies 48, no. 2 (May 1, 2016): 437–437.Link to Item
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Kuran, Timur. “Social and Economic Life in Seventeenth-Century Istanbul: Glimpses from Court Records (vol 10, pg 497, 2013).” International Journal of Middle East Studies 48, no. 2 (May 1, 2016): 437–437.Link to Item
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Kuran, Timur. “Social and Economic Life in Seventeenth-Century Istanbul: Glimpses from Court Records (vol 10, pg 497, 2013).” International Journal of Middle East Studies 48, no. 2 (May 2016): 437–437.Link to Item
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Kuran, Timur. “Social and Economic Life in Seventeenth-Century Istanbul: Glimpses from Court Records (vol 8, pg 651, 2012).” International Journal of Middle East Studies 48, no. 2 (May 2016): 437–437.Link to Item
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Çokgezen, M., and T. Kuran. “Between Consumer Demand and Islamic Law: The Evolution of Islamic Credit Cards in Turkey.” Journal of Comparative Economics 43, no. 4 (November 2015): 862–82. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jce.2015.07.005.Full Text Open Access Copy
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Kuran, T. “The political consequences of Islam's economic legacy.” Philosophy and Social Criticism 39, no. 4–5 (May 1, 2013): 395–405. https://doi.org/10.1177/0191453713477350.Full Text
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Kuran, T., and A. Singh. “Economic modernization in late British India: Hindu-Muslim differences.” Economic Development and Cultural Change 61, no. 3 (April 1, 2013): 503–38. https://doi.org/10.1086/669259.Full Text
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Timur Kuran, C. D. “Religious Obstacles to Democratization in the Middle East: Past and Present.” The Wealth and Well Being of Nations 5 (2013).
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Kuran, T. “Synergies between middle eastern economic history and the analytic social sciences.” International Journal of Middle East Studies 44, no. 3 (August 1, 2012): 542–45. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0020743812000505.Full Text
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Kuran, Timur, and Scott Lustig. “Judicial Biases in Ottoman Istanbul: Islamic Justice and Its Compatibility with Modern Economic Life.” Journal of Law & Economics 55, no. 3 (August 2012): 631–66. https://doi.org/10.1086/665537.Full Text Link to Item
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Kuran, T. “The economic roots of political underdevelopment in the middle east: A historical perspective.” Southern Economic Journal 78, no. 4 (April 1, 2012): 1086–95. https://doi.org/10.4284/0038-4038-78.4.1086.Full Text
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Kuran, Timur. “Association Lecture—The Economic Roots of Political Underdevelopment in the Middle East: A Historical Perspective.” Southern Economic Journal 78, no. 4 (April 2012): 1086–95.
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Timur Kuran, R. “West is Best? Why Civilizations Rise and Fall.” Foreign Affairs 90 (January 2011): 159–63.
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Kuran, Timur. “On Trans-Saharan Trails: Islamic Law, Trade Networks, and Cross-Cultural Exchange in Nineteenth-Century Western Africa. By Ghislaine Lydon. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009. Pp. xxviii, 468. $95.00.” The Journal of Economic History 69, no. 04 (December 2009): 1182–84.
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Kuran, Timur. “On Trans-Saharan Trails: Islamic Law, Trade Networks, and Cross-Cultural Exchange in Nineteenth-Century Western Africa. By Ghislaine Lydon. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009. Pp. xxviii, 468. $95.00.” The Journal of Economic History 69, no. 4 (December 2009): 1182–84. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022050709001570.Full Text
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Kuran, T. “Explaining the economic trajectories of civilizations: The systemic approach.” Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 71, no. 3 (September 1, 2009): 593–605. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2009.03.005.Full Text
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Kuran, T. “Preface: The economic impact of culture, religion and the law.” Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 71, no. 3 (September 1, 2009): 589–92. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2009.02.019.Full Text
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Kuran, P. T. “Sous-déloppement économique au moyen-orient: Le rôle historique de la culture, des institutions et de la religion.” Afrique Contemporaine 226, no. 2 (November 4, 2008): 31–54. https://doi.org/10.3917/afco.226.0031.Full Text
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Kuran, T., and E. J. McCaffery. “Sex differences in the acceptability of discrimination.” Political Research Quarterly 61, no. 2 (June 1, 2008): 228–38. https://doi.org/10.1177/1065912907304500.Full Text
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Kuran, T., and W. H. Sandholm. “Cultural integration and its discontents.” Review of Economic Studies 75, no. 1 (January 1, 2008): 201–28. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-937X.2007.00469.x.Full Text
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Timur Kuran, C. “Alle radici del deficit imprenditorialità in Medio Oriente.” Biblioteca Della Libertà 42 (2007): 11–36.
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Kuran, T. “Islamism and economics: Policy prescriptions for a free society,” September 21, 2006, 38–65. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203028032.Full Text
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Timur Kuran, C. “Zhong Dong Di Qu He Yi Jing Ji Luo Hou: Jing Ji Ting Zhi De Li Shi Ji Li.” Kai Fang Shi Dai 183 (March 2006): 89–105.
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Kuran, T. “The absence of the corporation in Islamic law: Origins and persistence.” American Journal of Comparative Law 53, no. 4 (January 1, 2005): 785–834. https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcl/53.4.785.Full Text Open Access Copy
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Kuran, T. “The logic of financial westernization in the Middle East.” Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 56, no. 4 SPEC. ISS. (January 1, 2005): 593–615. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2004.04.002.Full Text
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Timur Kuran, C. “Perché il Medio Oriente è Economicamente Arretrato: Meccanismi Storici di Stagnazione Istituzionale.” Qa: Rivista Dell’ Associazione Manlio Rossi Doria, 2005, 45–73.
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Kuran, T., P. Bernholz, M. Cook, M. Elvin, T. E. Huff, R. S. Humphreys, and E. Weede. “Islamic statecraft and the Middle East's delayed modernization,” December 1, 2004, 150–216. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781845423353.00012.Full Text
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Kuran, T., and E. J. McCaffery. “Expanding discrimination research: Beyond ethnicity and to the web.” Social Science Quarterly 85, no. 3 (September 1, 2004): 713–30. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0038-4941.2004.00241.x.Full Text
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Kuran, T. “Why the Middle East is economically underdeveloped: Historical mechanisms of institutional stagnation.” Journal of Economic Perspectives 18, no. 3 (June 1, 2004): 71–90. https://doi.org/10.1257/0895330042162421.Full Text
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Kuran, T. “The economic ascent of the Middle East's religious minorities: The role of Islamic legal pluralism.” Journal of Legal Studies 33, no. 2 (June 1, 2004): 475–515. https://doi.org/10.1086/422707.Full Text
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Kuran, T. “The Islamic commercial crisis: Institutional roots of economic underdevelopment in the Middle East.” Journal of Economic History 63, no. 2 (June 1, 2003): 414–46. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022050703001840.Full Text Open Access Copy
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Kuran, T. “The provision of public goods under Islamic law: origins, impact, and limitations of the waqf system.” Law & Society Review 35, no. 4 (January 2001): 841–97. https://doi.org/10.2307/3185418.Full Text
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Kuran, T., and C. R. Sunstein. “Availability Cascades and Risk Regulation.” Stanford Law Review 51, no. 4 (January 1, 1999): 683. https://doi.org/10.2307/1229439.Full Text
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Kuran, T. “The Vulnerability of the Arab state: Reflections on the Ayubi thesis.” Independent Review 3 (July 1998): 111–23.
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Kuran, T. “L’islam et le sous-developpement: Un vieux puzzle revisite.” Journal Des Economistes Et Des Etudes Humaines 8, no. 1 (January 1, 1998): 27–60. https://doi.org/10.1515/jeeh-1998-0103.Full Text
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Kuran, T. “Ethnic norms and their transformation through reputational cascades.” Journal of Legal Studies 27, no. 2 PART II (January 1, 1998): 623. https://doi.org/10.1086/468038.Full Text
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Kuran, T. “Insincere deliberation and democratic failure.” Critical Review 12, no. 4 (January 1, 1998): 529–44. https://doi.org/10.1080/08913819808443515.Full Text
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Kuran, T. “The genesis of Islamic economics: A chapter in the politics of Muslim identity.” Social Research 64, no. 2 (June 1, 1997): 281–338.
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Kuran, Timur. “Islam and Underdevelopment: An Old Puzzle Revisited.” Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics 153, no. 1 (March 1997).
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Kuran, T. “Islamic economics and the clash of civilizations.” Middle Eastern Lectures 2 (1997): 25–38.
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Kuran, T. “Private truths, public lies: The social consequences of preference falsification.” Constitutional Political Economy 8, no. 1 (January 1, 1997): 89–95. https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1009046206937.Full Text
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Kuran, T. “The Discontents of Islamic Economic Morality.” American Economic Review 86, no. 2 (May 1, 1996): 438–42.Open Access Copy
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Kuran, Timur. “Islamic Economics and the Islamic Subeconomy.” Journal of Economic Perspectives 9, no. 4 (November 1, 1995): 155–73. https://doi.org/10.1257/jep.9.4.155.Full Text
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Kuran, Timur. “The Inevitability of Future Revolutionary Surprises.” American Journal of Sociology 100, no. 6 (May 1995): 1528–51. https://doi.org/10.1086/230671.Full Text
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Kuran, T. “Further reflections on the behavioral norms of Islamic economics.” Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 27, no. 1 (January 1, 1995): 159–63. https://doi.org/10.1016/0167-2681(94)00030-I.Full Text
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KURAN, T. “RELIGIOUS ECONOMICS AND THE ECONOMICS OF RELIGION.” Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics Zeitschrift Fur Die Gesamte Staatswissenschaft 150, no. 4 (December 1, 1994): 769–75.Link to Item
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KURAN, T. “ISLAMIC IDENTITY AND DEVELOPMENT - STUDIES OF THE ISLAMIC PERIPHERY - REPLY.” International Journal of Middle East Studies 26, no. 1 (February 1, 1994): 175–76.Link to Item
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Kuran, T. “Mitigating the tyranny of public opinion: Anonymous discourse and the ethic of sincerity.” Constitutional Political Economy 4, no. 1 (December 1, 1993): 41–78. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02393282.Full Text
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KURAN, T. “ISLAM AND THE ECONOMIC-CHALLENGE - CHAPRA,MU.” Journal of Economic Literature 31, no. 3 (September 1, 1993): 1484–86.Link to Item
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Kuran, T. “Seeds of racial explosion.” Society 30, no. 6 (September 1, 1993): 55–67. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02700276.Full Text
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KURAN, T. “THE ECONOMICS OF BUSINESS CULTURE - GAME-THEORY, TRANSACTION COSTS, AND ECONOMIC-PERFORMANCE - CASSON,M.” Journal of Economic Literature 31, no. 1 (March 1, 1993): 234–35.Link to Item
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Kuran, T. “The Unthinkable and the Unthought.” Rationality and Society 5, no. 4 (January 1, 1993): 473–505. https://doi.org/10.1177/1043463193005004005.Full Text
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Kuran, Timur. “Özay Mehmet, Islamic Identity and Development: Studies of the Islamic Periphery (London: Routledge, 1990). Pp. 268.” International Journal of Middle East Studies 24, no. 1 (February 1992): 137–40. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0020743800001501.Full Text
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Kuran, Timur, and Jack A. Goldstone. “Explanatory Success Does Not Imply Predictive Power.” Contemporary Sociology 21, no. 1 (January 1992): 8–8. https://doi.org/10.2307/2074694.Full Text
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KURAN, T. “COGNITIVE LIMITATIONS AND PREFERENCE EVOLUTION.” Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics Zeitschrift Fur Die Gesamte Staatswissenschaft 147, no. 2 (June 1, 1991): 241–73.Link to Item
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Kuran, Timur. “Islamic economic co-operation.” Journal of Comparative Economics 15, no. 2 (June 1991): 395–98. https://doi.org/10.1016/0147-5967(91)90098-e.Full Text
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Kuran, Timur. “The East European Revolution of 1989: Is It Surprising That We Were Surprised?” American Economic Review 81, no. 2 (May 1991).Open Access Copy
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Kuran, T. “The Element of Surprise in the East European Revolution of 1989.” World Politics 44, no. 1 (January 1, 1991): 7–48. https://doi.org/10.2307/2010422.Full Text
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KURAN, T. “THE CEMENT OF SOCIETY - A STUDY OF SOCIAL-ORDER - ELSTER,J.” Journal of Economic Literature 28, no. 3 (September 1, 1990): 1194–95.Link to Item
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KURAN, T. “ON THE NOTION OF ECONOMIC-JUSTICE IN CONTEMPORARY ISLAMIC THOUGHT - REPLY.” International Journal of Middle East Studies 22, no. 3 (August 1990): 376–77. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0020743800034309.Full Text Link to Item
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Kuran, T. “Private and public preferences.” Economics and Philosophy 6, no. 1 (January 1, 1990): 1–26. https://doi.org/10.1017/S026626710000064X.Full Text
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Kuran, Timur. “Theoretical studies in islamic banking and finance.” Journal of Comparative Economics 13, no. 3 (September 1989): 486–89. https://doi.org/10.1016/0147-5967(89)90075-9.Full Text
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Kuran, T. “Sparks and prairie fires: A theory of unanticipated political revolution.” Public Choice 61, no. 1 (April 1, 1989): 41–74. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00116762.Full Text
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Kuran, T. “On the notion of economic justice in contemporary islamic thought.” International Journal of Middle East Studies 21, no. 2 (January 1, 1989): 171–91. https://doi.org/10.1017/S002074380003227X.Full Text Open Access Copy
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Kuran, T. “The tenacious past: Theories of personal and collective conservatism.” Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 10, no. 2 (January 1, 1988): 143–71. https://doi.org/10.1016/0167-2681(88)90043-1.Full Text
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KURAN, T. “HUMAN DESIRE AND ECONOMIC SATISFACTION - ESSAYS ON THE FRONTIERS OF ECONOMICS - SCITOVSKY,T.” Journal of Economic Literature 25, no. 4 (December 1, 1987): 1852–54.Link to Item
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Kuran, Timur. “Preference Falsification, Policy Continuity and Collective Conservatism.” The Economic Journal 97, no. 387 (September 1987): 642–642. https://doi.org/10.2307/2232928.Full Text
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Kuran, T. “Chameleon voters and public choice.” Public Choice 53, no. 1 (January 1, 1987): 53–78. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00115654.Full Text
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KURAN, T. “ANTICIPATED INFLATION AND AGGREGATE EMPLOYMENT: THE CASE OF COSTLY PRICE ADJUSTMENT.” Economic Inquiry 24, no. 2 (January 1, 1986): 293–311. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1465-7295.1986.tb01811.x.Full Text
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Kuran, T. “Price adjustment costs, anticipated inflation, and output.” Quarterly Journal of Economics 101, no. 2 (January 1, 1986): 407–18. https://doi.org/10.2307/1891122.Full Text Open Access Copy
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Kuran, T. “The Economic System In Contemporary Islamic Thought: Interpretation And Assessment.” International Journal of Middle East Studies 18, no. 2 (January 1, 1986): 135–64. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0020743800029767.Full Text Open Access Copy
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Kuran, Timur. “Asymmetric Price Rigidity and Inflationary Bias.” American Economic Review 73, no. 3 (June 1983).Open Access Copy
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KURAN, T. “DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES IN SEMI-INDUSTRIAL ECONOMIES - BALASSA,B.” Journal of Economic Literature 21, no. 4 (January 1, 1983): 1515–17.Link to Item
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Kuran, T. “Behavioral norms in the Islamic doctrine of economics. A critique.” Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 4, no. 4 (January 1, 1983): 353–79. https://doi.org/10.1016/0167-2681(83)90014-8.Full Text
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Book Sections
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Kuran, T. “The rule of law in Islamic thought and practice: A historical perspective.” In Global Perspectives on the Rule of Law, 71–90, 2013. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203870594.Full Text
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Kuran, T. “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, 62–87, 2012.
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Kuran, T. “Economic underdevelopment in the Middle East: The historical roles of culture, institutions and religion.” In Culture, Institutions, and Development: New Insights Into an Old Debate, 87–102, 2010. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203843338.Full Text
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Kuran, T. “Modern Islam and the economy.” In The New Cambridge History of Islam: Muslims and Modernity Culture and Society Since 1800, 473–94, 2010. https://doi.org/10.1017/CHOL9780521844437.020.Full Text
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Kuran, T. “Islamic statecraft and the middle east’s delayed modernization.” In Political Competition, Innovation and Growth in the History of Asian Civilizations, 180–83, 2004. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781845423353.00012.Full Text
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Book Reviews
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Kuran, T. “In defense of affirmative action - Bergmann,BR.” Journal of Economic Literature. AMER ECONOMIC ASSOC, March 1, 1997.Link to Item
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KURAN, T. “PIONEERS IN DEVELOPMENT - MEIER,GM.” Journal of Economic Literature. AMER ECON ASSN, December 1, 1988.Link to Item
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KURAN, T. “BETTING ON IDEAS - WARS, INVENTION, INFLATION - BRENNER,R.” Journal of Economic Literature. AMER ECONOMIC ASSOC, December 1, 1986.Link to Item
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KURAN, T. “ECONOMIC-STRUCTURE AND PERFORMANCE - ESSAYS IN HONOR OF CHENERY,HOLLIS,B. - SYRQUIN,M, TAYLOR,L, WESTPHAL,LE.” Journal of Economic Literature. AMER ECONOMIC ASSOC, June 1, 1986.Link to Item
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Kuran, Timur. “Khurshid Ahmad, ed., Studies in Islamic Economics, Published for the International Center for Research in Islamic Economics, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah (Leicester: The Islamic Foundation, 1980). Pp. 413.” International Journal of Middle East Studies. Cambridge University Press (CUP), May 1985. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0020743800029020.Full Text
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Kuran, Timur. “Sour grapes: Studies in the subversion of rationality.” Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. Elsevier BV, September 1984. https://doi.org/10.1016/0167-2681(84)90010-6.Full Text
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Scholarly Editions
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Kuran, T. “Institutional Roots of Authoritarian Rule in the Middle East: Civic Legacies of the Islamic Waqf,” June 12, 2014.Open Access Copy
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KURAN, T. “THE ROLE OF DECEPTION IN POLITICAL COMPETITION.,” 1989.
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Conference Papers
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Kuran, Timur. “Institutional Causes of Economic Underdevelopment in the Middle East: a Historical Perspective.” In Institutional Change and Economic Behaviour, edited by J. Kornai, L. Matyas, and G. Roland, 64–76. PALGRAVE, 2008.Link to Item
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Kuran, T. “Islamic redistribution through zakat historical record and modern realities,” 275–93, 2003.
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- Teaching & Mentoring
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Recent Courses
- POLSCI 493-1: Senior Research Independent Study Political Theory 2021
- ECON 351S: The Economic and Political Performance of Civilizations 2020
- ECON 751: The Political Economy of Institutions 2020
- POLSCI 327S: The Economic and Political Performance of Civilizations 2020
- POLSCI 762: The Political Economy of Institutions 2020
- POLSCI 799: Special Readings 2020
- ECON 751: The Political Economy of Institutions 2019
- ECON 799: Internship 2019
- POLSCI 762: The Political Economy of Institutions 2019
- Scholarly, Clinical, & Service Activities
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Presentations & Appearances
- Georgetown, University of Utrecht, Copenhagen Business School, Rice University, George Mason University, Yale University, University of Indiana, University of Odense, University of Michigan, Association of Private Enterprise Education. December 20, 2013 2013
- “Institutional Roots of Authoritarianism in the Middle East.” (3rd annual Merih Celasun Memorial Lecture). December 20, 2013 2013
- Institutional Roots of Authoritarianism in the Middle East: Political Legacies of the Waqf. December 5, 2012 2012
- Religious Obstacles to Democratization in the Middle East. December 5, 2012 2012
- Religious Obstacles to Democratization in the Middle East. December 5, 2012 2012
- Religious Obstacles to Democratization in the Middle East: Past and Present. December 5, 2012 2012
- The Rule of Law in Islamic Thought and Practice. August 14, 2008 2008
- The Rule of Law in Islamic thought and Practice: A Historical Perspective. July 3, 2008 2008
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Service to the Profession
- 19 papers refereed in 2013 + several books and grant proposals. December 20, 2013 2013
- AALIMS Conference on Economic and Political Institutions of Islam. December 20, 2013 2013
- AALIMS annual conference, RIce University,. December 20, 2013 2013
- Board member : Turkish Studies Association of North America. December 6, 2012 2012
- President and Director of the Board : AALIMS ( Association for Analytic Learning about Islam and the Muslim World. December 6, 2012 2012
- Refereeing. December 6, 2012 2012
- Refereeing. December 9, 2011 2011
- member : World Economic Forum, Global Agenda Council on the Arab World. 2011 - 2012 2011 - 2012
- Refereeing. December 3, 2010 2010
- Conference on Economic development in the Middle East. December 26, 2009 2009
- Editorial Committee Membership on 6 journals. December 26, 2009 2009
- Presses, Journals. December 26, 2009 2009
- Refereeing. January 6, 2008 2008
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