Political economy
Hossein Tavakolian; reza talebloo; Shaghayegh Abasali
Abstract
Despite, the measures for improvement of the State budget system in the current economic situation in Iran, no improvement has been taken. As, the relationship between beneficiaries of the budget included the government, parliament, regulatory bodies, and people as the final beneficiary of budget, has ...
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Despite, the measures for improvement of the State budget system in the current economic situation in Iran, no improvement has been taken. As, the relationship between beneficiaries of the budget included the government, parliament, regulatory bodies, and people as the final beneficiary of budget, has not regulated properly, therefore, transparency and accountability of the various officials of the government has been decreased. In this paper, we study budgetary and off-budgetary operation of the government and its impact on inflation with emphasis on fiscal dominance via banking system, using Generalized Methods of the Moments (GMM) trough 1372-1397. The results indicate that increasing the fiscal dominance via the debt channel of banking system has positive effect on inflation thus, fiscal dominance via banking system has been proved. Also, the results confirm the negative relationship between political stability and control of corruption on inflation. This variable has been in a low level during the sample period which requires the attention of government in all areas and political factions of country.
Planning and Budget
samira ghanbari; Hamid Amadeh; Davood Danesh Jafari; teymoor mohammadi
Abstract
Today, financing through health insurance is known as one of the most important sources of financing in the health sector. In this regard, improving the level of satisfaction of the insured and increasing their access to medical services are among the most important goals of health insurance organizations, ...
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Today, financing through health insurance is known as one of the most important sources of financing in the health sector. In this regard, improving the level of satisfaction of the insured and increasing their access to medical services are among the most important goals of health insurance organizations, and organizations that provide access to suitable services without imposing a financial burden on their insured will be successful. For this purpose, the balance in the revenue sources and expenses of the organizations in question is very important. the purpose of this research is to examine the budget balance in five funds of Iran Health Insurance Organization during the period of 2008-2019 using monthly data and also to analyze the factors affecting the budget deficit of these funds including premiums, coinsurance, treatment and overhead costs and the number of services purchased by various funds of Iran Health Insurance Organization, from the perspective of their mediating role in reimbursement, behavior management and purchasing medical services, using by panel vector error correction model, in order to provide a solution to eliminate the budget deficit. The obtained results showed that in the long run, coinsurance paid by the insured and the premium paid to different funds of Iran Health Insurance Organization had a negative effect on the budget deficit of the mentioned funds. In contrast, the increase in treatment and overhead costs and the number of services purchased by Five funds of Iran Health Insurance Organization exacerbated the problem of budget deficit of these funds.
Political economy
Behrouz Sadeghi Amroabadi; Ehsan Kazemi
Abstract
Improving the quality of institutions with development of the country's economic infrastructure can reduce the degree of fiscal policy cycles in developing countries. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to analyze the effects of good governance and political cycles on the liquidity and budget deficit ...
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Improving the quality of institutions with development of the country's economic infrastructure can reduce the degree of fiscal policy cycles in developing countries. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to analyze the effects of good governance and political cycles on the liquidity and budget deficit changes during 1978-2018. The research method is descriptive analytical by using econometric method of the GMM. Data are from the Central Bank of Iran and World Bank site for Iranian Economy. The research results show the effect of good governance on the variables of liquidity and budget deficit changes are negative and significant. Also the interactive effects of good governance and the election dummy variables on the liquidity and budget deficit changes are negative and significant. These results indicate that good governance during the elections can control the budget deficit and liquidity changes, hence to control the business-political cycles, suggest to improve the good governance in Iran.
Reza Mosavi Mohseni; Hamed Taheri
Volume 13, Issue 41 , February 2010, , Pages 123-137
Abstract
This paper investigates the sustainability of fiscal process in Iran. For fiscal process to be sustainable, government's intertemporal budget constraint should be satisfied. In this paper, we have assessed sustainability condition for period 1964-2007, using cointegration tests. The model is based on ...
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This paper investigates the sustainability of fiscal process in Iran. For fiscal process to be sustainable, government's intertemporal budget constraint should be satisfied. In this paper, we have assessed sustainability condition for period 1964-2007, using cointegration tests. The model is based on Bohn (1998) and the Barro's tax smoothing model (1986). This model is modified for an oil-producing country, noticing that oil income has comprised a large part of government income in Iran. Results show that fiscal process is not sustainable in Iran. The sustainability of the fiscal process is also compared in two periods, before and after the revolution. The estimated coefficients of the model indicate that the fiscal sustainability condition has become worse after the revolution
