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Timur Kuran

Timur Kuran

Gorter Family Distinguished Professor of Islamic Studies
Economics
t.kuran@duke.edu
Box 90097, Department of Economics, Durham, NC 27708
Department of Economics, Box 90097, 213 Chapel Drive, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708

Featured Works

Zakat: Islam’s missed opportunity to limit predatory taxation

Journal article Public Choice · March 1, 2020 Featured Publication One of Islam’s five canonical pillars is a predictable, fixed, and mildly progressive tax system called zakat. It was meant to finance various causes typical of a pre-modern government. Implicit in the entire transfer system was personal property rights as ... Full text Cite

Islam and economic performance: Historical and contemporary links

Journal article Journal of Economic Literature · December 1, 2018 Featured Publication This essay critically evaluates the analytic literature concerned with causal connections between Islam and economic performance. It focuses on works since 1997, when this literature was last surveyed comprehensively. Among the findings are the following: ... Full text Cite