Foreign trade and Input Efficiency Relationship in the Agricultural Sector of Iran
Subject Areas : Agricultural Economics ResearchH. Esnaashari 1 , A. Karbasi 2 , M. Mosannen mozafari 3
1 - دانش آموخته کارشناسی ارشد اقتصاد کشاورزی دانشگاه زابل
2 - دانشیار اقتصاد کشاورزی دانشکده کشاورزی دانشگاه زابل.
3 - دانشجوی دکترای اقتصاد کشاورزی دانشگاه زابل
Keywords: Agricultural Sector, ARDL model, Foreign Trade, Input Efficiency,
Abstract :
Foreign trade has an important role in economic growth of Iran like other countries.. This paper tests the hypothesis that whether is a relationship between foreign trade and input efficiency in the agricultural sector. ARDL method was applied in order to estimate this hypothesis. The results showed that foreign trade affected the efficiency of this sector positively in short and long run. It was concluded that appropriate policy for government is to remove barriers on foreign trade of agricultural products