Welfare and Economic Effects of Increasing Government Health Expenditures in Iran: A Social Accounting Matrix Approach Ehsan Taheri1, Hossein Sadeghi1, *, Lotfali Agheli2, Alireza Naseri1 1Department of Development and Economic Planning, Faculty of Management and Economics, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran 2Research Institute of Economics, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran Abs...

Intordaetion: The differences in various geographical areas can no longer be explained by the differences in traditional inputs. There is growing evidence that social capital stands for the ability of producers to get benefit, by virtue of membership in social networks or other social structures in economic outcome (Portes, 1998 and Okunmadewa, et al. 2005 cited in Yusuf, 2008). Thus there ...

This study examines the social cost of banking industry in Iran (17 governmental and private banks) in an unbalanced panel data model. To conduct estimations, two different approaches were taken: 1- Welfare Triangle approach 2- Libenstein’s approach. In the former, welfare triangle is measured assuming banking industry operating in full technical efficiency however, the latter includes both th...

acknowledgements i wish to express my gratitude to all those who have helped me in preparing this thesis. i would like to express my deep gratitude to my respected advisor dr. kourosh akef, whose advice and comments helped me in the early stages of the research and throughout the writing process. i would also like to express my gratitude to dr. hajar khanmohammad whose invaluable guidance he...

The most important issue for policymakers in optimal policy-making is to choose the tools that bring the equilibrium output to the desired level, with the least volatile income fluctuation. The main purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects of favorable fiscal policies on social welfare and business cycle management for the Iranian economy with respect to government spending shocks, m...

teachers’ beliefs greatly influence their performance in the classroom, their choice of instructional strategies, their way of controlling the class, their dealing with the students, and their general goals and objectives. one of these beliefs is teachers’ sense of efficacy which is viewed as an important construct and has shown to be positively correlated with students’ achievement (ross, 1992...