Research Economy
Investigating the Challenges of Iran's Publication: A Proposal of Economic Indicators and Innovation

Ali Afzali; Rouhollah Aboojafari

Volume 18, Issue 9 , February 2019, Pages 1-17

Abstract
  This article examines the economic conditions of publishing books in Iran. The book as one of the most important cultural goods in comparison with other cultural industries has a fairly good capacity to generate income and employment. In this research, firstly, using the value chain approach, the economic ...  Read More

Research Economy
Book Review [Understanding] Democracy: An Introduction to Public Choice

Hadi Amiri; Vaheed Moghadam

Volume 18, Issue 9 , February 2019, Pages 19-38

Abstract
  The Public Choice School in Economics can be considered as the application of economic analysis in the field of politics, which is just recently opening its way to the country's academic circles. The most important finding of this school is to prove the failure of the government in the market regulation ...  Read More

Research Economy
Book Review Improving the Business Environment and Realizing the Resistive Economy

Hamid Padash; Mohamad Ajirlu; bahman khodapanah

Volume 18, Issue 9 , February 2019, Pages 39-52

Abstract
  A business environment refers to the factors affecting the performance of enterprises the managers or owners of which cannot change or improve them. The book “Improving the Business Environment and the Realization of Resistive Economy” is a book whose author has sought to establish a relationship ...  Read More

Research Economy
Review of the “Thematic Interpretation of the Holy Qur'an with the Economic Approach”

Mansour Pahlevan; Sayyed Amad Mir Hashemi

Volume 18, Issue 9 , February 2019, Pages 53-68

Abstract
  The book "Thematic Interpretation of the Holy Qur'an with the Economic Approach" was published for the students of economic sciences and the humanities. The purpose of the book is to put emphasis on  the valid interpretation of the Quran with the practices of the subject of the Economic Sciences ...  Read More

Research Economy
Review and Analysis of Book: Resistance Economics from Theory to Practice

Farhad Tarahami; Fatemeh Bazzazan

Volume 18, Issue 9 , February 2019, Pages 69-92

Abstract
  The content of the book "Resistance Economics, from Theory to Practice" includes theoretical foundations and challenges in the field of resistance economy, the conditions for its realization and its achievements. In this regard, using a 6-loop management model, a theoretical and a practical review of ...  Read More

Research Economy
Development of the Understanding of Development: Critical Book Review of “Imagining the Post-Development Era”

Mehdi Hajamini; Mohammad Ali Aboutorabi

Volume 18, Issue 9 , February 2019, Pages 93-114

Abstract
  Although the birth of the first specialized development theories has so far lasted less than a century, the evolution of these theories has been controversial. While each theory attempts to explain the reasons behindthe  development and underdevelopment, it has been criticized by more recent theories, ...  Read More

Research Economy
Critique of Iran's Development Plans in terms of financial sector and real sector communication

Seyyed Ehsan Khondouzi; Mohsen Moghiseh

Volume 18, Issue 9 , February 2019, Pages 115-138

Abstract
  The relationship between the financial and real sector has always been a major concern in economic development programs and has been the topic of the theoretical controversy. The analysis of the text of the First Development Plan's sixth Development Law document shows that the gradual approach to financial ...  Read More

Research Economy
The Study of Tariff Barriers and Foreign Exchange Rates Effects in the Function of Iran's Import Demand: A Critical Review of Iran's Trade Policy and Foreign Exchange Regime for Real Support to National Production)

Ali Zahedtalaban; Mahdi Khodaparast Mashhadi; Ahmad Sabahi; Mohamadreza Lotfalipour

Volume 18, Issue 9 , February 2019, Pages 139-165

Abstract
  So far, relatively a few studies have been conducted to investigate the effect of tariff rates on total imports of countries, which do not have consistent results. In this paper, we examine the actual effects of tariff and currency rates on the import demand function. For this purpose, based on the theory ...  Read More

Research Economy
Economic Resilience Index and Studying Its Effects on Iran’s Economic Growth

Mansour Zaranezhad; Ebrahim Anvari; HamidReza Halafi

Volume 18, Issue 9 , February 2019, Pages 167-193

Abstract
  Reviewing and criticizing theories of economic growth can help researchers choose the main factors affecting economic growth rate. In this research, the effect of the resilience index on economic growth in Iran has been evaluated by reviewing and criticizing the growth ideas and examining the factors ...  Read More

Research Economy
A Review of Iran’s Manufacturing Structure in Political Documents

Afsaneh Shafiee

Volume 18, Issue 9 , February 2019, Pages 195-218

Abstract
  This paper aims to formulate necessary policy instruments which strengthen Iran’s manufacturing activities. In this regard, a comprehensive survey was conducted to identify challenges ahead of manufacturing production and export in Iran using meta-analysis. The results showed that there are 6 major ...  Read More

Research Economy
Criticisms of Current Financial and Trade Policies To Support Iranian Products in Selected Sectors

Ali Tousi; Ali Ghasemi; Hossein Dehghan Shourkand

Volume 18, Issue 9 , February 2019, Pages 219-245

Abstract
  Trade and financial policies and instruments as a set of effective actions on the supply and demand of firms' products play a major role in stabilizing any economy and if gross domestic product, employment, imports and exports and inflation rate are considered as the most important macroeconomic variables, ...  Read More

Research Economy
A Critique of Trade Contingency Protections' Functions in Support of National Production in Iran

Farzad Moradpour; Mir Hadi Seyedi

Volume 18, Issue 9 , February 2019, Pages 247-271

Abstract
  A decade after the adoption of the first legal text of the country regarding the rules governing the procedures for the application of Trade Contingency Protections (TCP), the text was revised last year and a new legal text replaces the previous text in this regard. However, after more than one year ...  Read More

Research Economy
Supporting National Product Based on the Experience of Latin American Economies: Neo-Liberal and Neo-structural Policies

Seyed Hossein Mirjalili

Volume 18, Issue 9 , February 2019, Pages 273-292

Abstract
  Latin American economies have followed the development of economic structure by adopting structuralist policies since 1948. Structuralism was criticized for excessive intervention in the market mechanism to support national product and the implications of import substitution, which led to the decline ...  Read More

Research Economy
Financial Development and Inequality: A Critique of Theoretical Foundations of Published Texts in Iran

Abolfazl Noferesti

Volume 18, Issue 9 , February 2019, Pages 293-318

Abstract
            The relationship between financial development and inequality is one of the topics that has been studied in many theoretical and empirical studies, but there is still no consensus among economic theorists on this. In Iran, a lot of studies have been done on the relationship ...  Read More