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Associate Professor of Economics, Tarbiat Modares University
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Staff Member of Institute for Trade Studies and Research
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Ph. D. Candidate and Researcher in Institute for Trade Studies and Research
Abstract
This paper aims to evaluate the relationship between exports diversification and productivity for nine Iranian manufacturing industries using a panel data approach. Empirical results indicate that productivity and exports have similar trends over the period considered in this study. Indicators such as capital-labor ratio in sub-sectors of the manufacturing and the real effective exchange rate have positive effects on productivity. Exports diversity index has also a positive and significant impact on productivity such that one percentage change in this index increases productivity by 1.8 percent. The effect of trade liberalization on manufacturing productivity is negative and negligible, implying that, to promote productivity, policymakers should consider other fundamental and institutional factors in addition to the foreign trade.
Yavari,K. , Yavari,K. , Ashrafzadeh,H. R. and Ahmadzadeh,K. (2010). Exports Diversification and Productivity in the Iranian Manufacturing Industries. Economic Research and Perspectives, 10(3), 53-73.
MLA
Yavari,K. , , Yavari,K. , , Ashrafzadeh,H. R. , and Ahmadzadeh,K. . "Exports Diversification and Productivity in the Iranian Manufacturing Industries", Economic Research and Perspectives, 10, 3, 2010, 53-73.
HARVARD
Yavari K., Yavari K., Ashrafzadeh H. R., Ahmadzadeh K. (2010). 'Exports Diversification and Productivity in the Iranian Manufacturing Industries', Economic Research and Perspectives, 10(3), pp. 53-73.
CHICAGO
K. Yavari, K. Yavari, H. R. Ashrafzadeh and K. Ahmadzadeh, "Exports Diversification and Productivity in the Iranian Manufacturing Industries," Economic Research and Perspectives, 10 3 (2010): 53-73,
VANCOUVER
Yavari K., Yavari K., Ashrafzadeh H. R., Ahmadzadeh K. Exports Diversification and Productivity in the Iranian Manufacturing Industries. Economic Research and Perspectives, 2010; 10(3): 53-73.
