In collaboration with Payame Noor University and Iranian Association for Energy Economics (IRAEE)

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In this paper we design an index for measuring regional discrimination and estimating regional economic discriminations effect on states’ economic growth in Iran. We use panel data econometric method for the years 2000-2010. The conclusions indicate that positive discriminations for states that have high potential has negative effects on growth and production. But positive discriminations for states that have high needs has positive effects on growth and production.  

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