Appropriate decision-making in the firm's location choice can play a crucial role in improving the competitiveness and profitability of the firms. The basic presumption of most existing location studies is the assumption ...

In this study, we design a structural macro model for Iran economy in which there is a dual exchange rate regime, namely, official (fixed) and unofficial (floated) rates. The official rate determined by the central bank ...

The exchange rate and international oil price are key variables to cause the effects of external shock on economics and the relationship to domestic economy. Since in countries like Iran, most government revenues come from ...

The restructuring of Iranian electricity industry allowed electricity price to be determined through market forces in 2005. The main purpose of this paper is to present a method for modeling and forecasting the electricity ...

Wagner's Law states that the relative size of public sector increases with the growth of per capita income. This study examines whether there is empirical evidence that Wagner's law holds in the Iranian economy using time ...

Propensity score matching is extensively utilized in estimating the effects of policy interventions and programs for data observations. This method compares two treatment and control groups to make statistical inferences ...

After the financial crisis of 2007-2009, in which liquidity problems led to insolvency and consequently the bankruptcy of many large banks and financial institutions such as Lehman Brothers, Basel Committee on Banking ...

Government expense is an important financial tool for empowering the poor. In such a way that the government provides a suitable environment for the business of people by investing in the fields of defense, judiciary, ...

Monopoly and negative externalities are two aspects of market failure that affect the market performance. This study extends the Leibenstein approach, a framework to measure the market performance, which evaluates the ...

The main aim of the present paper is to measure the potential value-added tax (VAT) capacity in Iran using the multiregional input-output model (MIOM) to answer the following question: “how much indirect value-added tax ...

Since the nationalization of the oil industry, especially after the 1979 revolution, Iran has always encountered economic sanctions. The oil embargo and international financial sanctions are the most severe sanctions imposed ...

Improving energy efficiency is one of the most important energy policies in many countries. This study mainly focused on the economic and environmental effects of energy efficiency improvements in Iran's electricity sector ...