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1 - Explanation of Intra-Industry Trade in Southwest Asian Countries in the Framework of Gravity Model of Trade

This paper has embarked to quantify and define effective factors of intra-industry trade in a certain group of southwest Asian countries during 2003 to 2007 by using of combined data model and in the framework of gravity model of trade which makes possible to estimate c More

This paper has embarked to quantify and define effective factors of intra-industry trade in a certain group of southwest Asian countries during 2003 to 2007 by using of combined data model and in the framework of gravity model of trade which makes possible to estimate commercial flows with its special elements.Result show that GDP of two partners, convergence effect with Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and Linder variables has a positive relation with intra-industry trade (iit) while FOEX rate, trade imbalance and geographical distance had an expected and negative relation with it. Manuscript profile

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2 - The Analysis of Kuznets – Ahluvalia Hypothesis in Rural Areas of Iran

Today in development economics literature there is relation between growth and distribution of income (Fan, 2007). The main objective of this study is to investigate the effects of public investments such as agricultural R&D, infrastructure, education and Irrigation More

Today in development economics literature there is relation between growth and distribution of income (Fan, 2007). The main objective of this study is to investigate the effects of public investments such as agricultural R&D, infrastructure, education and Irrigation on income inequality in rural areas of Iran. However this research attempts to investigate the direction of causality between the income inequality and total factor productivity (TFP) in Iran. Using ARDL methods and period from 1980 to 2008, empirical results show there is inverse U shape relationship between income inequality and agricultural TFP in rural areas of Iran ( Kuznets hypothesis ) .                                                                                                                  Hence , additional investments in rural education and agricultural R&D have significant and different impacts on income inequality .findings showed that Kuznets hypothesis developed for relation among income inequality , TFP and openness of economic are supported in case of Iran rural areas .                                                                                                                        Manuscript profile

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3 - Effect of Gender Inequality on Economic Growth in Iran

This paper reviews the effect of human capital on economic growth in Iran in the period 1966-2006. With this regard to gender issues in human capital. For this field, gender inequality in employment and education is intended. This paper focus on this Question what affec More

This paper reviews the effect of human capital on economic growth in Iran in the period 1966-2006. With this regard to gender issues in human capital. For this field, gender inequality in employment and education is intended. This paper focus on this Question what affects this kind of inequality on economic growth in Iran. while check stationary variables and using  method of Engel Grangers for persistent residual estimation of the model, the results were positive and significant impact of education on economic growth,  in addition any increase of gender inequality in education and employment, reduction economic growth rate  in Iran. In other words, increasing the average years of education women ratio will increase economic growth and increasing the employment ratio of women will increase economic growth. Manuscript profile

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4 - Optimum rate of Money Growth in New Keynesian DSGE Framework for Iran Economy

In this paper I have been calculated the optimum rate of money growth in New Keynesian DSGE framework for Iran Economy. The presented model includes three economic agents: a government, i households and j firms. Households and firms have monopolistic power of labor and More

In this paper I have been calculated the optimum rate of money growth in New Keynesian DSGE framework for Iran Economy. The presented model includes three economic agents: a government, i households and j firms. Households and firms have monopolistic power of labor and good supply, this facilitates the specification of Nominal and real rigidities and these are specified subject to Rotenberg quadratic adjustment cost function. Simulation results demonstrate that Friedman's Rule is not supported in Iran economy, and in this framework the optimum seasonal rate of inflation and money growth is %2 and %3.003 respectively. Manuscript profile

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5 - Estimation of the Cost Efficiency of the Branches of Tejarat Bank in Isfahan Province and Its Affective Factors

Regarding the basic role of bank systems in economy of countries, the efficiency of the banking industry has always been at the center of statesmen's attention, and the establishing an efficient network of bank branches is reckoned as one of the main methods for providi More

Regarding the basic role of bank systems in economy of countries, the efficiency of the banking industry has always been at the center of statesmen's attention, and the establishing an efficient network of bank branches is reckoned as one of the main methods for providing efficiency optimization plans at bank level. Based on this, the present paper deals with the estimation of cost efficiency in 128 Branches of Tejarat Bank in Isfahan Province within 2007-2009, with the study of the affective factors of the above mentioned branches cost efficiency using the stochastic frontier analysis, Translog cost function and Maximum Likelihood method. The model used in this research is the inefficiency model of Battese and Coelli (1995). The statistic results from data fitting show that average cost efficiency of the Branches of Tejarat Bank in Isfahan Province in the period under study was 87.61%. Also, cost efficiency seems to be directly related to the ratios of the facilities granted to total asset and pre-tax profits to total assets and reversely related to the ratios of cash assets to total assets and long-term deposits to total deposits of the braches.                                                                                                                                                                                 Manuscript profile

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6 - Factors Affecting Bilateral Trade between Iran and Regional Blocks

Abstract In this paper we revisited the recent contribution study examines the determinants of bilateral trade between Iran and European Union,ECO, GCC and ASEAN countries in the period 1995-2009, using a dynamic panel data. The findings indicate that IRAN’ trade More

Abstract In this paper we revisited the recent contribution study examines the determinants of bilateral trade between Iran and European Union,ECO, GCC and ASEAN countries in the period 1995-2009, using a dynamic panel data. The findings indicate that IRAN’ trade flows follow the Linder hypothesis. Results show that geographical distance is negative and significant; trade increases if the transportation costs decrease. We also introduce the economic dimension and income per-capita; these proxies confirm the positive effects in bilateral trade. Our results also confirm the hypothesis that foreign direct investment is positively correlated with trade. Manuscript profile

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7 - Measuring Productivity in the Academic Units and Ranking them Based on Data Envelopment Analysis Models and Malmquist

Academic Evaluation Unit, Islamic Azad University Region 12 and their efficacy is main aim of this paper using data envelopment analysis models in the form of BCC, and AP is done. Also, using the productivity index Malmquist progress or regression function is determined More

Academic Evaluation Unit, Islamic Azad University Region 12 and their efficacy is main aim of this paper using data envelopment analysis models in the form of BCC, and AP is done. Also, using the productivity index Malmquist progress or regression function is determined. years period is 88-1384. Results of data envelopment analysis model shows that in the study of academic performance of three units Boein Zahra, Firoozkooh and Varamin than other units and these units are more desirable as reference units for other units is considered be. Also benefiting from Malmquist index became clear that campus units, Qazvin, Firoozkooh, Nazarabad and Hashtgerd a noticeable progress in recent years have been. Manuscript profile

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8 - The Effects of Accession to World Trade Organization on Electricity Exports of Iran

This paper examines the impacts of accession to WTO on Iran’s electricity exports to Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, and Armenia. To this end, an Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) model is used during the period of 1383-1387. The estimation results of model with res More

This paper examines the impacts of accession to WTO on Iran’s electricity exports to Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, and Armenia. To this end, an Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) model is used during the period of 1383-1387. The estimation results of model with respect to each mentioned country show a long-run relationship between variables. So in the long-run there is a negative relationship between the Integration of International Trade (IIT) index and electricity exports. The results reveal that the coefficient of globalization index is less than those of other variables. Also the results of short-run model show a negative relationship between variables. Manuscript profile

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