the Influence of the Effective Shocks on Economic Growth in Iran with the Emphasis on Institutional Variables

Subject Areas : Labor and Demographic Economics

Samin Sobhi ¹ , Morteza Sameti ² , Sara Ghobadi ³ , Majid Sameti ⁴

1 - PHD Student of Economics, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran
2 - Professor of Economics ,Department of Economics, Isfahan University, Isfahan, Iran
3 - Assistant Professor of Economics, Isfahan (Khorasgan Branch), Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran
4 - Professor of Economics , Department of Economics, Isfahan University, Isfahan

Received: 2020-09-20 Accepted : 2021-03-07 Published : 2021-02-19

Keywords: Economic Freedom, E20, Economic shocks, Economic Institutions, JEL Classification: C15, O11 Key Words: Economic Growth,

Abstract :

Early economists have cited economic freedom as the basis for economic growth, and later economists have emphasized the role of inclusive political and economic institutions in creating and sustaining economic growth. The relationship between these two perspectives goes to the concept that the economic freedom shapes by economic institutions. Proper institutional of countries not only contributes to the growth and prosperity of their economies, but can also increase the power of countries in the face of economic shocks. Identifying the institutions’ situation of countries can help to adopt appropriate policies by governments and the private sector. In this study, by generalizing a structural model of Iran's economy as it includes the endogenous institutional function, attempt to measure the effects of effective shocks on the macroeconomic structure of the country with emphasis on institutional variables. The results show that the increase in oil shock has had a positive effect on the country's economic growth and institutions. This study had done for the period 1349-1399 by using GMM and Svar methods. The result of estimating the structural model shows that improvement of the institutional environment has affected most of the important variables of the Iran's economy, so improving the quality of institutions leads to increase in national product and reduces liquidity. Also, damaging institutional factors is related with increase in government size and inflation. Most of the impulses considered in the study had a significant effect on economic growth and institutional status of the country.