Study of the Effects of Globalization on Iranian Caviar Export

Subject Areas : Environmental policy and management

Abolghasem Barghandan ¹ , Kamran Barghandan ² , Mohammadreza Naeemi ³ , Abdolghafoor Mohammadzadeh ⁴

1 - Department of Accounting, Saravan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Saravan, Iran
2 - Department of Economics, University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Zahedan, Iran
3 - Department of Accounting, Saravan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Saravan, Iran
4 - Department of Accounting, Saravan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Saravan, Iran

Received: 2015-08-30 Accepted : 2015-08-30 Published : 2011-12-01

Keywords: Globalization, Caviar, Level of International Trade Index (LIT), Autoregressive Distributed Lag Method (ARDL),

Abstract :

Globalization is integration of national economies in global economy and infers on increasing the flow of goods and services. In this study the consequences of globalization were studied through the analysis of Level of International Trade index (LIT) in the caviar export equation. The required data were gathered from Statistical Yearbook of Foreign Trade, Statistical Yearbook of fisheries, Statistical Yearbook of the International Monetary Fund, United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization and different issues of Central Bank of Iran over 1974-2007. The results showed that domestic production of caviar have significant and positive effects on its export. In addition, sign of level of international trade variable in the estimated model is positive and indicates trade restrictions remove lead to increase in caviar export.