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Research Paper
An Investigation of Iran’s Import Demand Structure: An Application of AIDS Model (1978-2002)

Seyed Komail Tayyebi; Homayoun Ranjbar

Volume 6, Issue 21 , February 2005, Pages 1-21

Abstract
  This paper tends to estimate the long-run import budget share, arising from various supplying resources for Iran. The formulation is based upon typical model of the Almost Ideal Demand System (AIDS).     After estimating import demand, we test the hypothesizes that import demand is homothetic, ...  Read More

Research Paper
Determinants of Non - Oil Exports of Iran

Abbas Shakeri

Volume 6, Issue 21 , February 2005, Pages 23-50

Abstract
  The purpose of this paper has been to estimate the impact of price and non-price variables on non-oil exports of Iran. The non-oil exports are considred to be a function of monetary variables, such as the exchange rate, inflation rate, and two non-price variables, as productivity and competitiveness. ...  Read More

Research Paper
Estimating the Value of Derham and Dinar in Muslims' Economic History

Mansour Zarra Nezhad

Volume 6, Issue 21 , February 2005, Pages 51-66

Abstract
  Before the appearance of Islam, Dinar and Derham were the currencies of Byzantine and Iran, recpectively. These two currencies were current in pre-Islamic Arabia and continued to be the currencies of primary Islamic states. In 74 (AH) Islamic Dinar and Derham were coined. Estimating the value of Dinar ...  Read More

Research Paper
Forecasting Crude Oil Futures Prices

Saeed Moshiri; Faezeh Foroutan

Volume 6, Issue 21 , February 2005, Pages 67-90

Abstract
  The movements in oil prices are complex and, therefore, seem to be unpredictable. The traditional linear structural models have not been promising when applied to forecasting, particularly in the case of complex series such as oil prices. Although linear and nonlinear time series models have done much ...  Read More

Research Paper
The Investigation of the Comparative Advantage of Exportable Commodities in Iranian Petrochemical Industry

Abolghasem Mahdavi; Mehran Malekshahian

Volume 6, Issue 21 , February 2005, Pages 91-113

Abstract
  To measure the comparative advantage, different indexes have been suggested by economists. In this paper we investigate the “revealed comparative advantage” for the products of the Iranian Petrochemical Industry using the Ballasa and Vollrath index.    The results show that Iran ...  Read More

Research Paper
Importance of Financial Sectors in the Iranian Economy; An Analytical Appraisal of Shutting Down Effects of Financial Industries on Output and Employment

Gholamreza Keshavarz Haddad

Volume 6, Issue 21 , February 2005, Pages 115-133

Abstract
  In this Paper financial services in the Iranian economy, which is portioned into 41 industries, is considered as a sector with a Leontief production function. Financial Sectors, buy inputs from other sectors, and provide services to expedite the cash fellows and risk transformation for other sectors. ...  Read More

Research Paper
Using Tax Wedge

Abbas Seyyedi Wiyand; Sayyed Ebrahim Husseiny nasab

Volume 6, Issue 21 , February 2005, Pages 135-161

Abstract
  This study analyzes the relationship between the household's demand for formal services and their close substitutes in the informal economy (including do-it-yourself activities). The tax wedge is included in the analysis as an explanatory variable, which is used as a proxy for the ratio of the formal ...  Read More

Research Paper
THE EFFECTS OF CUTTING ENERGY CONSUMPTION SUBSIDIES ON INDUSTRIAL AIR POLLUTION IN IRAN

Reza Ebrahimi

Volume 6, Issue 21 , February 2005, Pages 9-36

Abstract
  Air pollution is an example of a negative externality; it imposes harmful effects and costs on people other than polluterS. In controlling air pollution, efficiency argument implies that, there is a rolefor the government to play. Studies show that taxation of fuels can be a powerful indirect instrumentfor ...  Read More