This paper examines the success of bilateral export potentials between Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) member countries in non-oil industries. Based on the Anderson and Van Win-coop gravity model, an empirical trade equation is derived and estimated using the bilateral trade information of all 10 ECO countries as well as those of their 40 main common trade partners in non-oil industries...

The relationship between trade and development has long been of interest to economists, but studies in this field mainly used per capita income as an indicator of development, and so other aspects of development and quality of life were neglected. This article investigates the relationship between trade and development, using the panel data of 104 countries over the 1994 -2010 period. We use th...

As the economy of Iran's dependence on oil revenues turns the country's economy vulnerable to foreign fluctuations and shocks resulting in exchange rate crises, it is highly recommended to promote non-oil exports. Therefore, the factors effective on Iran's trade balance with its main trade partners, getting the highest amounts of Iran's non-oil exports are pivotal. This article is to study the ...

Preferential trade agreements are a limited contract in which reciprocal tariff cuts are offered. Each party selects among its own exporting goods seeking for market share maximization and improving terms of trade. This study investigates the impact of Iran’s PTAs (with Bosnia, Cuba, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tunisia). Results show that two PTAs with Cuba and Bosnia has had no impact on Iran’s mark...

This paper investigated the foreign trade effect on Gini coefficient in each income deciles based on VAR and VCEM models. In connection with this, the time series data over the period 1369-1394 are employed. The results indicate that, in short –term, rising in foreign trade volume rising causes the Gini coefficient lessen in all income deciles; consequently, the income disturbance will be more ...