• Title of article

    A study on the effects of subsidies on market value: Evidence from Petrochemical and steel industries

  • Author/Authors

    Norouzi، Batool نويسنده Department of management and Accounting, South Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran , , Hamidian، Mohsen نويسنده Assist. Prof. & Faculty Member, Department of Accounting, School of Management and Accounting, South Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University (IAU), Tehran, Iran ,

  • Issue Information
    ماهنامه با شماره پیاپی 40 سال 2015
  • Pages
    6
  • From page
    387
  • To page
    392
  • Abstract
    Iran’s 4th development plan has enrolled the federal government to increase energy prices and remove any subsidies paid to energy sector in an attempt to increase productivity and provide better social welfare. It is, therefore, important to investigate the effects of the law on different industries and the subsequent effects on economic growth. This study investigates the impacts of subsidies on the market value of listed companies in Tehran Stock Exchange in Petrochemical and Steel industries. The study selects two firms, Esfahanʹs Mobarakeh Steel Company and Fanavaran Petrochemical Co. using Auto Regressive Distributed Lags (ARDL) over the period 2008-2013. The results have indicated that there was a meaningful relationships between removal of subsidies and market value of the firms.
  • Journal title
    Management Science Letters
  • Serial Year
    2015
  • Journal title
    Management Science Letters
  • Record number

    1973261