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The Paradox of Plenty: Oil Booms and Petro-States

Terry Lynn Karl · University of California Press · 1997

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Terry Lynn Karl

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EstablishedMahdavy (1970), studying Iran, defined rentier states as countries that receive substantial amounts of external rent on a regular basis; Beblawi and Luciani (1987) added that in a rentier state the rents accrue directly to the government and only a small part of the population is engaged in generating them.