The effect of trade liberalization on trade balance of Iran

Salmanpour, Ali; ShokouhiFard, Siamak; Hoseinzadeh, Hasan; Sarafraz Pireivatlou, Ayyoub; Hosseini, Shahla

doi:10.22075/ijnaa.2025.36874.5398

The effect of trade liberalization on trade balance of Iran

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Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Ali Salmanpour ¹

Siamak ShokouhiFard ²

Hasan Hoseinzadeh ³

Ayyoub Sarafraz Pireivatlou ⁴

Shahla Hosseini ⁴

¹ Department of Economics, Mara.C, Islamic Azad University, Marand, Iran

² Young Researchers and Elite Club, Ard.C, Islamic Azad University, Ardabil, Iran

³ Department of Mathematics, Ard.C, Islamic Azad University, Ardabil, Iran

⁴ Department of Management, Ard.C, Islamic Azad University, Ardabil, Iran

10.22075/ijnaa.2025.36874.5398

Abstract

The main purpose of this study is to examine the effect of trade liberalization on the trade balance of Iran's economy from 1993 to 2023 using modern econometric techniques, namely the Auto-Regressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) model and the Johansen Co-integration technique.

Keywords

Trade Liberalization

Trade Balance

Openness

ARDL

Johanson Co-integration Technique

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