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The Effect of Economic Freedom on Economic Growth

Morteza Naderi; Ahmad Sharbatoghlie

Volume 9, Issue 32 , October 2007, Pages 1-29

Abstract
  Freedom of choice and competition are viewed as vital factors for economic growth. In this paper, we use a growth model to examine the impact of economic freedom on the economic growth across the world countries for the period 1999-2004.  Our study differs from the previous studies in terms of the ...  Read More

Affecting Factors on House Price Index

Ahmad Jafari Samimi; Zahra (Mila) Elmi; Arash Hadizade

Volume 9, Issue 32 , October 2007, Pages 31-53

Abstract
  The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of some macroeconomic variables on house price index. We apply a macroeconomic model with micro foundations that uses household income, stock price index, building service price index, housing completions, supply of money, and inflation to explain ...  Read More

Dynamics of Poverty in Iran: Application of Panel Data in Urban and Rural Areas

Mansor Zibaei; Ashan Shooshtarian

Volume 9, Issue 32 , October 2007, Pages 55-83

Abstract
  Anti poverty program in Iran has started in 2001 to mitigate poverty. This paper addresses issues related to the dynamics of poverty using household panel data for urban and rural areas of Iran covering the period 2001-2003. For this purpose، poor and non poor households have been identified by estimating ...  Read More

Using Neural Networks to Classify the Personal Loan Applicants

Hamid Nilsaz; Abdolrahman Rasekh; Alireza Osareh; Hasanali Sinae

Volume 9, Issue 32 , October 2007, Pages 85-109

Abstract
  Traditional methods of deciding whether to grant credit to a particular individual use human judgment of the risk of default based on experience of previous decisions. However, economic pressures resulting from increased demand for credit, allied with greater commercial competition and the emergence ...  Read More

Spurious Regression: Concept and Some Results

Ali Hossein Samadi

Volume 9, Issue 32 , October 2007, Pages 111-136

Abstract
  Granger and Newbold (1974) proposed the idea of spurious regression in econometrics. They showed that with I(1) dependent and independent variables, if a regression model is estimated by OLS method, the results may be spurious. This idea is extended to variables with different order of integration. In ...  Read More

Estimation of Residential and Commercial Demand for Natural Gas in Iran Using the Structural Time Series Model

Gholamreza Keshavarz Haddad; Mohammad Mirbagheri jam

Volume 9, Issue 32 , October 2007, Pages 137-160

Abstract
  The residential and commercial sectors are the main consumers of natural gas in Iran. The demand for natural gas in these sectors is on its peak in the cold seasons for the heating. In addition to changes in temperature, which is the main determinant of demand fluctuation in energy, other factors such ...  Read More

Oil Price Forecasting; A Comparison between ARIMA and ANN Models

Iman Farjamnia; Mohsen Naseri; Sayed Mohamad Mehdi Ahmadi

Volume 9, Issue 32 , October 2007, Pages 161-183

Abstract
  Ability of Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) as a powerful tool in simulation and prediction in science and engineering has made it attractive to economists. In this article, after a brief review of literature, a comparison of forecasting performance of ANN versus ARIMA is made. The data used are daily ...  Read More