In collaboration with Payame Noor University and Iranian Association for Energy Economics (IRAEE)
Volume 15 (2025)
Volume 14 (2024)
Volume 13 (2023)
Volume 12 (2022)
Volume 11 (2020)
Volume 10 (2020)
Volume 9 (2019)
Volume 8 (2018)
Volume 7 (2017)
Volume 6 (2016)
Volume 5 (2015)
Volume 4 (2014)
Volume 3 (2013)
Volume 2 (2012)
Volume 1 (2011)

Testing Wagner's Law in Selected Countries and Iran (1980-2010)

Yadollah Dadgar; Rouhollah Nazari

Volume 2, Issue 6 , May 2012, , Pages 172-149

Abstract
  One of the most well known methods for explaining the growth in public sector is Wagner's law, which explains the growth of government size. Wagner argues that the more per capita income in economy, the bigger would be the government size. Using panel data method, this paper is analyzing Wagner's law ...  Read More

Detecting the Housing Price Bubble in Tehran During 1992-2009 (By Using Poterba's Model and Tobin's Q Theory)

Jahangir Biabani; Taghva Khosravi

Volume 2, Issue 5 , March 2012, , Pages 182-131

Abstract
  In this study, the existence or non-existence of housing price bubble in Tehran is investigated by both econometric and graphical approaches during the period of 1992:Q2 to 2009:Q1. For this purpose, Poterba's model is combined with Tobin's Q theory, which provides us with an academic tool for analyzing ...  Read More

Effect of world trade centrality indicators on economic growth: the approach of weighted complex networks(Case study: chosen countries of Asia and CIS)

Mohammadreza Lali; Saeed Daei-Karimzadeh; Farzad Karimi

Volume 14, Issue 54 , May 2024

https://doi.org/10.30473/egdr.2023.65067.6565

Abstract
  Recent studies on complex networks in international trade show the number of partners; trade intensity, indirect trade connections and the central position of each partner in the trade network have significant effects on economic growth. The network analysis approach in investigating the effect of trade ...  Read More

Inflation
Optimal asset allocation according to inflation

Faramarz Tahmasebi

Volume 14, Issue 56 , October 2024

https://doi.org/10.30473/egdr.2024.68402.6742

Abstract
  Inflation influences the assets’ price and return. In order to maintain the money value, investors are willing to invest in assets which maintain their purchasing power and bring them good returns, when they encounter inflationary conditions. Some assets have this function, including stocks, gold, ...  Read More

Co2 Emissions
Investigating the impact of income inequality on the quality of the environment in the provinces of Iran: an application of the Full Dynamic Spatial Model

Somayeh Azami; Fatemeh Hosseini

Volume 15, Issue 58 , April 2025

https://doi.org/10.30473/egdr.2025.72098.6885

Abstract
  Clarifying the relationship between income inequality and carbon emissions can be a reference for achieving sustainable development and improving the income allocation mechanism. This study focuses on the provinces of Iran and first calculates the emission of carbon dioxide caused by the final energy ...  Read More

Doing Business for Growth; a Comparative Study between the Islamic Countries in MENA and the Countries of OECD

Seyed Nezamuddin Makiyan; Mehdi Emami Meybodi; Samaneh Eshraty; Zohreh Ahmadi

Volume 3, Issue 11 , September 2013, , Pages 84-75

Abstract
  Many factors affect on the performance of economic activities. Some of these factors are out of the control which areknown in economic literature as Doing Business. Although this concept was used in economic history thought, but from the 1990s the literature of doing business has been concerned by governments ...  Read More

Productivity Promotion in Agricultural Sector of Iran via Increasing in Irrigation Water Price (Case Study of Kashan Region)

Mohsen Tarafdar; Mohammad Mehdi Askari; Korion Grigoorian

Volume 6, 23(2) , September 2016, , Pages 88-73

Abstract
  The shortage of irrigation water is one of the most important problems which Iran is facing it. Irrigation water pricing is one of the economic approaches to manage it and using efficiently. This paper's purpose is to evaluate the effect of irrigation water price induction on productivity of agriculture ...  Read More

Asymmetric Effect of Exchange Rate and its Volatility on Iran’s Non Oil Export

Saeed i Rasekh; Milad Shahrazi; Mohamad Reza Abdollahi

Volume 2, Issue 7 , September 2012, , Pages 90-81

Abstract
  This paper examines asymmetric impact of exchange rate and its risk (volatility) on Iran’s non oil export. The asymmetric effect indicates to differently affect exchange rate and its volatility on export at periods of exchange rate moving up and down. To test this hypothesis, we have first measured ...  Read More

Educational Need Assessment of Guilan Rural Youth to Develop Agricultural Entrepreneurial Activities

Hassan Pourjavadkhah; Mohammad Sadegh Allahyari; Fatholah Keshavarz; Masoumeh Mohammadzadeh

Volume 5, 17(2) , October 2015, , Pages 90-81

Abstract
  The purpose of this descriptive study was to assess the educational needs of rural youth on agricultural entrepreneurial activities in Guilan province. The statistical population of this study consisted of rural youth who were between 15-35 year old (N = 2598) and the sample size was determined by using ...  Read More

Analysis of Cost Efficiency Convergence in Wheat Cultivation in Iran

Ebrahim Moradi; Mosayeb Pahlavani; Ahmad Akbari

Volume 5, 17(3) , December 2015, , Pages 90-79

Abstract
  Producers, who have lower efficiency in wheat production, can use the experiences of other producers and increase their efficiency over time. based on existing theories, probably producers with low initial levels of efficiency will have grown their efficiency faster than producers that have high levels ...  Read More

Measuring the Consumption Smoothing of Iranian Households’ Consumption Food Against the Temporary and Permanent Income Shocks

Mohammad Mowlaei; Oday Ali

Volume 8, Issue 31 , June 2018, , Pages 93-106

Abstract
  Household consumption expenditures one of the main economic variables that reflect the households’ welfare level as well as stimulate aggregate demand and purpose of all production in the economy. Therefore, measuring the income shocks transmission to household consumption is critical for evaluation ...  Read More

Optimization Sensitivity Analysis of Production and Inflation in the Economy Based on an Optimal Control Model

Asghar Abolhasani Hastiyani; Mohammad Hossein Pour Kazemi; Abolghaseme Asna Ashari Amiri; Mohammad Hossein EhsanFar

Volume 2, Issue 8 , December 2012, , Pages 94-83

Abstract
  The purpose of this paper is to determine the optimal time paths of economic variables such as production, inflation, money stock and government expenditures, and also sensitivity analysis of these paths. For this aim, a deterministic optimal control model is used. In this model, a quadratic objective ...  Read More

Monetarists
Testing Saving Incidence and International Capital Mobility in Selected Developing Asian Countries: New Empirical Evidence from Generalized Method of Moments (GMM)

Amir Mansour Tehranchian

Volume 7, Issue 27 , July 2017, , Pages 95-110

Abstract
  In this survey, the perfect capital mobility has been examined on the basis of saving incidence on gross capital formation in selected Asian countries during (2005-2012). For this aim, panel data based on generalized method of moments (GMM) is used to examine the model. The empirical results show that ...  Read More

Income inequality
A Comparative Study of The Effects of Financial Development on Income Distribution and Poverty in Islamic Selected Countries (Panel Data Approach)

Mirnaser Mirbagheri Hir; siyamak shokohifard

Volume 7, Issue 25 , November 2016, , Pages 97-112

Abstract
  The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of financial development on income inequality and poverty in selected Islamic countries. The selected countries include: Iran, Indonesia, Jordan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Egypt, Morocco, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and ...  Read More

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Modeling Healthcare Expenditure among Iranian Households

soheila savojipour; abbas assari arani; Lotfali Agheli; ali hasanzadeh

Volume 8, Issue 29 , December 2017, , Pages 97-110

Abstract
  This study models healthcare expenditure in household level with the aim of utilizing enough health goods and services in Iran. For this purpose, first suitable econometrics methods for health sector are investigated and then main determinants of households’ healthcare expenditure are introduced ...  Read More

The effects of fossil fuels consumption, CO2 emissions and crude oil prices on economic growth

amir ali farhang

Volume 12, Issue 48 , October 2022, , Pages 97-110

https://doi.org/10.30473/egdr.2022.61155.6334

Abstract
  Growing demand for energy leads to economic growth and at the same time increases pollution and environmental degradation. Given the importance of economic growth and the environment, it is important for policymakers and economists to understand how energy variables and pollution affect the economic ...  Read More

Measuring the Impact of Internet on Economic Growth in Selected Countries: the Panel Cointegration Approach

Reza Najarzadeh; Farzad Rahimzadeh

Volume 3, Issue 9 , April 2013, , Pages 98-85

Abstract
  Undoubtedly, the Internet has affected the country's economic and financial interactions. Therefore, in this paper, the effect of Internet on economic growth has been studied. To this end, data of 140 countries collected in the period 1995 to 2010 and after review of data stationary and their cointegration ...  Read More

International Commerce
nalysis of the Impact of Export Insurance Subsidies on Non-Oil Export: Fuzzy Regression Approach

aso Esmailpour; Ahmad Assadzadeh; Mostafa Shokri; Hammed Zolghader

Volume 7, Issue 28 , September 2017, , Pages 99-112

Abstract
  One of the main goals of developing countries is abating of stable and enduring economic growth. Therefore, recognition of effective factors on economic growth is very­ important. Due to special significance of effective factors on non-oil exports in trade policy making, in this study the influence ...  Read More

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The Impact of Economic Instability on the Unofficial Dollarization in Iran's Economy

Sima Eskandari Sabzi; Asadolah Farzinvash; Kambiz Hojabr Kiani; Hamid Shahrestani

Volume 8, Issue 30 , April 2018, , Pages 101-116

Abstract
  Economic instability affects the domestic money that economic agents are willing to hold. For example in an uncertain inflationary environment, they prefer to less demand for money and use those asset which has less risk of maintenance, such as foreign currency and foreign assets. The use of foreign ...  Read More

OPEC
The Impact of Oil Price Shocks on Inflation, Growth and Money; A Case Study of Iran

Abo Alghasem AsnaAshari; Kamran Nadri; Asghar Abolhasani; Nader Mehregan; Mohammad Reza Babaei

Volume 6, Issue 22 , January 2016, , Pages 102-85

Abstract
  Like most of oil exporting countries, Iran’s economy is exposed to the government’s great share of economic activites, complicated monetary and economic policies and a meager activity in production section.Thus a shock in oil price has a significant effect on domestic production, inflation ...  Read More

The Impact of Human Development Index on Economic Growth in Iran (Based on Markov – Switching Model)

Ali Asadi; Seyed Meysam Esmaeili

Volume 3, Issue 12 , November 2013, , Pages 104-89

Abstract
  In recent decades, the issues related to human capital and its impact on economic growth have been important. In this regard, the main objective of this study is to evaluate the impact of human development on economic growth in the period of 1971 -2012 in Iran. Therefore, according to the purpose of ...  Read More

The Effect of Knowledge-Based Economy Index on the Relationship between Fiscal Corruption Perception and Economic Growth (Dynamic Panel Data Approach)

Sohrab Delangizan; Mohammad Sharif Karimi; Zeinab Khalvandi

Volume 4, Issue 15 , August 2014, , Pages 104-87

Abstract
  Financial corruption affects on economy’s health via  different channels which the most important channel is distortions in the allocation of resources. On the other hand, the level of knowledge-based economy also can affect on behaviour of factors of production. An important question is whether ...  Read More

Measuring Social Capital among Elites in Tehran Province (Using Resource Generator Model)

Reza Najarzadeh; Morteza Ezzati; Mohammad Soleimani

Volume 4, Issue 16 , November 2014, , Pages 104-89

Abstract
  The measurement of social capital is a major challenge in the social capital research. For this purpose researchers employ different methods and techniques. One of these methods is the Resource Generator Technique. In this article we use this technique to measure the elite’s social capital living ...  Read More

Public and Private Health Expenditure and their Impacts on the Long-Term Economic Growth of Selected Countries: Bayesian Model Averaging Approach

Fathollah Tari; Mohammad Shirijian; Mohsen Mehrara; Hossein Amiri

Volume 3, Issue 10 , June 2013, , Pages 106-93

Abstract
  Identifying the factors that contribute to sustained economic growth of countries is the main concerns of economic researchers. The present paper employs a Bayesian econometrics approach based on Bayesian Model Averaging (BMA) method to investigate the effect of public and private health expenditure ...  Read More

Mena Countries Group
The Relationship between Institutional Variables and Economic Growth: Introducing a New Institutional Measure for Middle East and North Africa (MENA)

Mahboobeh Shakeri; Ahmad Jafari Samimi; Zahra Karimi Moughari

Volume 6, Issue 21 , November 2015, , Pages 106-93

Abstract
  The subject of this paper is measuring institutional quality and evaluatingits relationship with per capita economic growth in 20 MENA countries. For estimating growth models, panel data method was used during (2002-2010). For measuring institutional quality at first six indices of good governance have ...  Read More