Document Type : ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Abstract
One of the factors in the lack of balanced development is the political influence index. This index highlights the impact of lobbying and the influence of regional elites on the country's decision-making process, particularly in relation to regional development. The existence of unbalanced development in the country and the fundamental reasons for this heterogeneity increase the importance of research in this regard. The present study, seeks to investigate its effect on the industrial growth of regions in 31 provinces for the period of the third to twelfth governments in Iran. In this regard, the political influence index was introduced, and using the multiple-attribute decision-making method and the TOPSIS model, provincial data was extracted for it. Then, the impact of this index and the financial index on the industrial index of the regions was estimated using the panel data quantile regression model and the Eviews software. the impact of the political influence coefficient index on the industrial index has been greater than the financial index. The influence of independent variables on the dependent variables varied in different deciles, with the average political influence index influencing the industrial index 2.62 times as much as the financial index. Provinces with higher political influence coefficients also enjoyed higher financial and industrial growth. Tehran, with the highest political influence coefficient, had the highest financial and industrial growth, and Ilam, with the lowest political influence coefficient, had the lowest growth in these indicators.
Keywords
- : Political influence coefficient
- elites
- financial growth
- industrial growth
- macroeconomic indicators
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