The objective of this article is to examine the impacts of entrepreneurship on the performance of Iran's manufacturing industries using time series data over the period 1974-2006. More specifically, entrepreneurship capital measures are included in the production function of manufacturing...

Corruption undermines economic development and therefore it is one of the major factors hindering economic growth and political stability, especially in the developing countries. Studies in recent years show that countries with rich natural resources have the potential to shape corruption....

Although there are many debates about the extent of government intervention and size of it, government intervention in the economy is unavoidable. Therefore government spending and tax are irresolvable components of the economy. Government expenditure and tax are fiscal policy instruments but...

What is the effect of Shocks of oil price and exchange rate (USA$) on the Iranian point of paper and paper products? Vector Auto Regressive (VAR), estimating equations and Impulse Response Functions (IRF) Shocks of OPEC crude oil price on the point of paper and paper products were diverged, but...

To explain the impact of exchange rate volatility on international trade flows many empirical studies have investigated. Most empirical findings, which are primarily concerned with exports, confirm that an increase in exchange rate volatility tends to generate uncertainty which may have a...

Countries in the ECO region, like the rest of the world, need to develop new technologies and practices which respond to the challenges of climate change and scarcity of natural resources. The high cost of energy, the finite supply of traditional raw materials and clean water, the setting of...

To estimate potentials for economic integration among selective ECO countries Several Trade indexes, Partial EquilibriumThrough indexes, i will demonstrate (1) whether trade relations between countries improving as good as their relations with other world countries, (2) in which sectors...

Rio + 20 has reiterated that sustainable development incorporates three dimensions, one of which is economy including trade. Demand for energy in Asia has also been linked to rising trends of trade and production. Trade and investment can also play a key role in mitigating climate change....

Factors Affecting the Success of Rural Production Cooperatives Servqual model, katz modelHuman and conceptual skills of managers, managers' belief on the importance of members' participation, educational level and managerial experiences of managers has the most impact on the success of RPC

In this paper, we investigate business cycle regularities in oil exporting countries. We ask the question whether oil exporting countries are all alike or whether economic fluctuations and the response dynamics of macroeconomic variables are similar. Besides we also test for the possible sources...