Rasul Bakhshi Dastjerdi; Zohreh Ahmadi
Volume 17, Issue 53 , February 2013, , Pages 1-33
Abstract
Evaluation of several decades’ policy experience in Iranian economy indicates the existance of a gap between its current state and targeted state. The simulated steady state of Economy using a dynamic general equilibrium OLG model shows that there are differences between the steady values ...
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Evaluation of several decades’ policy experience in Iranian economy indicates the existance of a gap between its current state and targeted state. The simulated steady state of Economy using a dynamic general equilibrium OLG model shows that there are differences between the steady values and current values of all macroeconomic variables in the model, so that per capita capital stock, per capita income and consumption, employment and interest rate are all different from their current values by 0.618, 0.702, 0.201.042 and 0.03 respectively. The optimum state reaction to a proposed fiscal policy package shows that if economic policy makers cut the tax rate by 10 percent, raise the retirement age by 4 years and public pension by 10 percent and cut the time preference rate by 10 percent, in response the steady state per capita capital stock, income and consumption, employment and interest rate will change by 11.67, 4.14, 9.3, 11.25 and -0.41 percent respectively. These findings emphasise the role of revisions in economic policies in achieving targeted values in future development plans. According to the findings of this study, it is needed to focus on current state of the economy in planning for the targeted values of macroeconomic variables and their promotion to higher levels
Rasul Bakhshi Dastjerdi; Fateme Abolhasani Targhi
Volume 15, Issue 44 , October 2010, , Pages 35-66
Abstract
It is assumed that major factors of production are all in full employment condition in the Iranian economy. Land sector, however, indicates a rather peculiar situation, as it seems to be in a disequilibrium condition. On the one hand the need for housing and business indicates a high demand for urban ...
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It is assumed that major factors of production are all in full employment condition in the Iranian economy. Land sector, however, indicates a rather peculiar situation, as it seems to be in a disequilibrium condition. On the one hand the need for housing and business indicates a high demand for urban hand, while on the other hand the supply of building are limited with many lots held as idle, and not supplied in the market. It seems that regulating land sector would have positive impact on economic activities. In this study, we apply a dynamic computable general equilibrium framework to study the land tax effects on the economy. We show that land tax is a neutral tax without any distorting effects, increasing Iran's GNP, per capita saving and per capita welfare indices by 0.32, 0.33, 0.647 and 0.2 percent, nespectinely in the long run.