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  1 - TFP Growth, Technological Progress, Efficiency Changes: Empirical Evidence from Iranian Manufacturing Industries
  saeed isazadeh masoud soufimajidpour
  The purpose of this paper is decomposition of total factor productivity (TFP) to technological progress, technical efficiency, allocative efficiency, scale effects in Iran’s manufacturing industries. For this, a stochastic Frontier production model was estimated f More

  The purpose of this paper is decomposition of total factor productivity (TFP) to technological progress, technical efficiency, allocative efficiency, scale effects in Iran’s manufacturing industries. For this, a stochastic Frontier production model was estimated for 135 manufacturing industries over the period 1379-1393. The findings showed that technological progress in 21 industrial groups has been grew on average 12 percent annually. In relation to technical efficiency many of technical industries have been weaken in using exist technologies or have been inefficient technically. The third factor findings showed that Iran’s manufacturing industries have been utilized from scale effects. In relation to allocative efficiency, also, all groups have experienced negative growth except Recycle group. In result, among components of total factor productivity, allocative efficiency has been more unfavorable and it refers to in Iran’s economy the resources allocate in unfavorable.  On the base of the results, improvement in financing system, increasing in private sector capacitance, improvement in business space are suggested.  Manuscript profile
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  2 - Determinants of Capacity Utilization in Iranian Manufacturing Industries
  مهران حافظی بیرگانی محمد قلی یوسفی علیرضا دقیقی تیمور محمدی
  The purpose of this study is to investigate the factors affecting the use of production capacity in Iran's manufacturing industries. Using the statistical information of Iran's manufacturing industries with international two-digit ISIC codes during the years 1381-96 and More

  The purpose of this study is to investigate the factors affecting the use of production capacity in Iran's manufacturing industries. Using the statistical information of Iran's manufacturing industries with international two-digit ISIC codes during the years 1381-96 and through the cost-transfer function, the minimum cost point as a level of cost corresponding to the optimal production or nominal capacity of different manufacturing companies Iran was estimated and the average ratio of real production to production with nominal capacity was calculated as a percentage of production capacity utilization for different industries. The results of the study show that with the exception of the petrochemical industry, other industries face little use of production capacity. On average, the country's industries use less than 50% of their capacity. This ratio is lower in some industries such as base metals (28.7%), paper (29.6%) and wood and wood products (24.1%) and in other industries except non-metallic mineral products (2 / 84%) is between 41% and 51%, which is very small in total. Manuscript profile