متنوع سازي مبادلات تجاري و تاثير آن بر رشد اقتصادي در ايران

International Trade Variety and Its Impact on the Iranian Economic Growth

This paper uses the Iranian time series data over 1980-2000 and a direct measure of product variety calculated from Iran export and import data (Feenstra index of the product variety) to find out the impact of trade variety on the economic growth of Iran. Applying semi-endogenous growth model and co integration technique, the main finding indicates that the trade variety alongside with other variables, such as human and physical capital has a positive influence on economic growth of Iran in the long run.