abstractthe reform of energy subsidies has affected economic growth, as a result of household and firms’ behavior. however, despite the energy consumption and economic growth decrease in the short run, it is expected that economic growth will increase as a result of an adjustment in economic agents’ behavior over the mid- and long-terms. as is appropriate with these changes, energy consumption ...

West Africa is vulnerable to the effects of climate change. This paper analyzed the impacts of climate change on economic growth in Anglophone West Africa with similar background, during the periods 1969-2016. Five growth model equations have been developed to incorporate climate change variables into the model. Panel data estimations such as the fixed effect model, random effect model and Haus...

The Effects of Public and Higher Education on the Economic Growth in Iran A. Naaderi, Ph.D. Assessing the effects of educational investments on economic growth is of special interest to both scholars and policy makers, yet the research findings in this area, especially in countries like Iran, do not provide the necessary platform for decision making. The present study not only assesse...

â â â â â  â  in this paper, we address the question that does fdi alone affect economic growth or interaction of fdi and human capital is required to boost economic growth. we develop the model with an expanding variety of products. we estimate the model using some advanced tests utilizing data on fdi flows from developed countries. we find stronger complementary effects between fdi and human ...

middle east is a strategic region because of its abundant oil reserves, hostile struggles among the countries, and threat of the radical groups. the countries of this region spend a large amount of their annual budgets on buying weapons and war armaments. the purpose of this paper is to study the impact of military expenditures on economic growth of oil and non-oil middle east countries by a dy...

this article presents a growth model consistent with economic situation of iran. various sectors of the economy are expressed by certain behavioral equations. the suggested model, is designed to incorporate findings of the leading theories of economic growth (harrod domar) models, lewis structural change theory, and the solow growth model. the model is calibrated using statistical data from ira...

in line with the unprecedented development of public sector in the 20th century, many economists have studied the efficiency of the public sector in economic growth and development. evidently, one of the important aspects of these studies is to determine the optimum size of government whose theoretical principles and approaches as well as practical methods have been argued about in public secto...