پژوهشهای اقتصادی (Jun 2021)
The Relationship between Export Price and Economic Growth in Iran: The Application of Structural Vector Auto-regression (SVAR) and Directed Acyclic Graphs (DAG)
Abstract
In Iran, after exchange rate jumps, the issue of export prices, and especially its impact on economic growth, has become more important. Some experts argue that as the exchange rate rises, more domestic currency is bought with regard to each foreign currency; thus, domestic goods become cheaper than foreign goods and real exports increase. On the opposite side, some believe that the increase in the exchange rate has no meaningful effect on the increase in exports due to the weakness of the export development infrastructure. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of export price on Iran's economic growth using Structural Vector Auto-regression (SVAR) and Directed Acyclic Graphs (DAGs) during 1979-2017. The results of the study indicate that export price has a positive effect on the economic growth. Economic growth also reduces export prices. But due to the fact that exports and economic growth of the country are highly dependent on imports, especially on import prices; it is not possible to increase production and exports by increasing the exchange rate, especially as the positive effect of rising export prices on economic growth is relatively low.
