Publications

This page lists academic publications by Lab members, including books, peer-reviewed journal articles, chapters in edited volumes, and working papers. Public-facing publications can be found on our Media page.

Climate Policy in the Energy Industry

• Bergquist, P. and Mahdavi, P. (2023). “Examining the effect of cost information and framing on support for methane regulations in Europe.“ Environmental Research Letters. 18: 094046.

• Martinez-Alvarez, C., Hazlett, C., Mahdavi, P., and Ross, M. L. (2022). “Political leadership has limited impact on fossil fuel taxes and subsidies.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119 (47) e2208024119.

  • Martinez-Alvarez, C., Hazlett, C., Mahdavi, P., and Ross, M. L. (2023). “Reply to van den Bergh and Savin: Fossil fuel taxes are politically hard to change.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120 (14) e2302318120.

• Mahdavi, P., Ross, M. L., and Martinez-Alvarez, C. (2022) “Why Do Governments Tax or Subsidize Fossil Fuels?” Journal of Politics. (formerly released as Center for Global Development Working Paper 541.)

• Calel, R. and Mahdavi, P. (2020). “Unintended consequences of anti-flaring policies and measures for mitigation.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(23): 12503-12507.

• Ross, M. L., Hazlett, C., and Mahdavi, P. (2017). “Global progress and backsliding on gasoline taxes and subsidies.” Nature Energy. 2(16201): 1-6.

• Ross, M. L. and Mahdavi, P. (2016). “The Political Economy of Hydrocarbon Wealth and Fuel Prices.“ CEGA Working Paper / EEG State-of-Knowledge Paper Series.

Oil Markets in Transition

• Green, J. F., Hadden, J., Hale, T., and Mahdavi, P. (2022). “Transition, Hedge, or Resist? Understanding Political and Economic Behavior toward Decarbonization in the Oil and Gas Industry.” Review of International Political Economy.

• Mahdavi, P., Green, J. F., Hadden, J., and Hale, T.. (2022). “Using Earnings Calls to Understand the Political Behavior of Major Polluters.” Global Environmental Politics. 22(1): 159–174.

• Mahdavi, P. and Uddin, N. (2021). “Governance amidst the transition to alternative energy in the Middle East and North Africa.” In R. Mills and L. C. Sim (eds.) Low Carbon Energy in the Middle East and North Africa. Palgrave Macmillan (International Political Economy Series).

Extractive Resource Politics

• Janz, N., Johnston, N. P., and Mahdavi, P. (2022). “Expropriation and human rights: does the seizure of FDI signal wider repression?“ The Review of International Organizations.

• Mahdavi, P. (2020). Power Grab: Political Survival Through Extractive Resource Nationalization. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

• Mahdavi, P. (2020). “Institutions and the ‘resource curse’: Evidence from cases of oil-related bribery.” Comparative Political Studies. 53(1): 3–40.

• Mahdavi, P. (2015). “Explaining the oil advantage: Effects of natural resource wealth on incumbent reelection in Iran.” World Politics. 67(2): 226–267.

• Mahdavi, P. (2014). “Why do leaders nationalize the oil industry? The politics of resource expropriation.” Energy Policy. 75(C): 228–243.

• Mahdavi, P. (2012). “Oil, monarchy, revolution, and theocracy: A study on the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC).” In D. G. Victor, D. Hults and M. C. Thurber (eds.), Oil and Governance: State-owned Enterprises and the World Energy Supply. Cambridge University Press.