The effect of globalization on the gross terms of trade of consumption, intermediate and capital goods, using simultaneous model: Evidence from Iran

Abstract

Process of globalization has a great effect on any economy. In other hand every economy has a special attention to “terms of trade (TOT)” that indicate impart of international trade advantages. So this research try to see the effect of globalization -by using level of international trade index as a globalization index- on gross terms of trade of Iran. Using time series of 1971-2005 and in a SUR (Seemingly Unrelated Regression) model, this effect has been examined for consumption, intermediate and capital goods. Results show that globalization had a negative effect on the TOT of consumption goods and positive effect on the TOT of intermediate and capital goods.

Keywords

• globalization
• terms of trade
• import
• export
• level of international trade index