Economics
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2024-03-15T19:38:37ZAnalysing the effects of oil price shocks on government expenditure in the Iranian economy
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/625584
Analysing the effects of oil price shocks on government expenditure in the Iranian economy
Pazouki, Azadeh; Pazouki, Mohammad Reza
The Iranian economy is closely associated with the oil industry as a key player in the global oil market. Accordingly, oil price spikes have a major influence on government spending with oil revenues being a major source for financing different expenditure categories such as social security, education, arts and culture, and health care. Moreover, recently there have been economic sanctions imposed on Iran owing to the nuclear program which has greatly restricted Iranian oil exports and caused significant distress to government revenue which in turn has spill over effects on Iran's allocations for investment in the energy industry, and more importantly in government spending on care, education, culture and arts, and social security. This paper aims to analyse these overall effects and the impact of oil price spikes on Iranian government expenditure. In order to achieve our objective we rely on a VAR econometric model using data from 1965–2011. The results show that Iranian government social spending does not appear to be significantly affected by oil price shocks.
2014-06-30T00:00:00ZA new method for optimal location of FACTS devices in deregulated electricity market
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A new method for optimal location of FACTS devices in deregulated electricity market
Qadikolai, Mohammad Majidi; Afsharnia, Saeed; Ghazizadeh, Mohammad Sadegh; Pazouki, Azadeh
Under deregulated environment, transmission networks are operated close to their constraints. In this situation, FACTS devices can be useful in secure system operation. Private investorpsilas goal is maximizing their investment surpluses. In this paper, we propose a new algorithm for optimal location of FACTS devices that the objective function is maximizing FACTS device ownerpsilas surplus. According to this algorithm, maximum FACTS device capacities in transmission network are found which are acceptable economically and the priority of all acceptable projects are determine by calculating the rate of annual revenue and annual cost. The proposed algorithm has been implemented for optimal placement of TCSC on a nine buses test system and the results have been compared with other optimal location methods based on congestion management and increasing system load ability.
2009-01-27T00:00:00ZEnhancing innovation performance: how do IC-enhancing HR practices work?
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Enhancing innovation performance: how do IC-enhancing HR practices work?
Ghaleh, Hossein Heidarian; Pazouki, Azadeh; Moradi, Mohammad; Mehralian, Gholamhossein
Scholars debate over departing away from the standard and human capital-centered HR practices and paying attention to the social and organizational side of an HR system, highlighting the concept of intellectual capital (IC)-enhancing HR practices. To improve our understanding of how IC-enhancing HR practices help firms achieve innovation performance, we develop and empirically test a framework investigating the joint effects of IC- enhancing HR practices, innovative work behavior (IWB), transformational leadership (TL), and innovation performance. We designed rigorous time-lagged research with three waves of data gathering from CEOs, R&D employees, and R&D managers. Analysis of 279 manufacturing companies in the healthcare industry demonstrates that individual-level IWB positively and significantly mediates the relationship between IC-enhancing HR practices and innovation performance. More conspicuously, we found that the effect of IC-enhancing HR practices on IWB is higher when TL exists. We discuss outright novel theoretical and empirical insights that our study offers.
2022-06-07T00:00:00ZEnvironmental treaties’ impact on the environment in resource-rich and non-resource-rich countries
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Environmental treaties’ impact on the environment in resource-rich and non-resource-rich countries
Zakari, Abdulrasheed; Adedoyin, Festus Fatai; Taghizadeh-Hesary, Farhad; Pazouki, Azadeh
This paper examines the impact of environmental treaties on the environment across 74 countries: 50 resource-rich and 24 non-resource-rich countries. Using data spanning over 35 years, we find a negative and significant association between environmental treaties and environmental quality in resource-rich countries. On the contrary, we find environmental treaties positively and significantly affect the environment in non-resource-rich countries. Our results suggest that the environmental treaties signed by resource-rich countries may lead them to achieve sustainable development growth by 2030. Therefore, our results extend the environment literature and inform policymakers of the need to pay attention to the effects of signing environmental treaties on environmental protection.
2023-02-02T00:00:00Z