Estimating Capital Flight and Its Determinants in Iran with a New Approach

This study aims to measure magnitude of capital flight from Iran by employing Ndikumana and Boyce (2003) method during the period 1976-2018. In order to check the existence of long-run relationship between capital flight and its determinants, it applies the Bounds Testing Approach developed by Pesar...

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Main Authors: naeim shokri, Murteza Sahab Khodamoradi
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Published: Tarbiat Modares University 2020-09-01
Series:پژوهشهای اقتصادی
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Online Access:http://ecor.modares.ac.ir/article-18-36987-en.pdf
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description This study aims to measure magnitude of capital flight from Iran by employing Ndikumana and Boyce (2003) method during the period 1976-2018. In order to check the existence of long-run relationship between capital flight and its determinants, it applies the Bounds Testing Approach developed by Pesaran et al (2001) within a general-to-specific econometrics methodology. Then, it applies the Autoregressive Distributed Lags approach to estimate the short run and long run behavior of capital flight from Iran. The results show that capital flight has high records during the first years of the Islamic revolution and the eight-year war between Iraq and Iran, so that the highest capital flight (141.1 billion dollars) has been estimated for 1979-1980 fiscal year. In addition, the findings indicate that the highest and lowest capital flights have been estimated in 2011 and 1997, respectively. In recent years, capital flight has been increasing due to sharp exchange rate fluctuations. Moreover, increases in inflation and the government fiscal deficit significantly contribute to capital flight and the increase in net foreign exchange reserves reduces the capital flight.
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spelling doaj.art-1bf8f513e833480d9542ae7a1dcf41b62023-06-15T20:24:45ZfasTarbiat Modares Universityپژوهشهای اقتصادی1735-67682980-78322020-09-0120379110Estimating Capital Flight and Its Determinants in Iran with a New Approachnaeim shokri0Murteza Sahab Khodamoradi1 Ph.D. Candidate in Economics Tarbiat Modares University Faculty member of Razi University of Kermanshah This study aims to measure magnitude of capital flight from Iran by employing Ndikumana and Boyce (2003) method during the period 1976-2018. In order to check the existence of long-run relationship between capital flight and its determinants, it applies the Bounds Testing Approach developed by Pesaran et al (2001) within a general-to-specific econometrics methodology. Then, it applies the Autoregressive Distributed Lags approach to estimate the short run and long run behavior of capital flight from Iran. The results show that capital flight has high records during the first years of the Islamic revolution and the eight-year war between Iraq and Iran, so that the highest capital flight (141.1 billion dollars) has been estimated for 1979-1980 fiscal year. In addition, the findings indicate that the highest and lowest capital flights have been estimated in 2011 and 1997, respectively. In recent years, capital flight has been increasing due to sharp exchange rate fluctuations. Moreover, increases in inflation and the government fiscal deficit significantly contribute to capital flight and the increase in net foreign exchange reserves reduces the capital flight.http://ecor.modares.ac.ir/article-18-36987-en.pdfcapital flightresidual approachiranian economy
spellingShingle naeim shokri
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Estimating Capital Flight and Its Determinants in Iran with a New Approach
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capital flight
residual approach
iranian economy
title Estimating Capital Flight and Its Determinants in Iran with a New Approach
title_full Estimating Capital Flight and Its Determinants in Iran with a New Approach
title_fullStr Estimating Capital Flight and Its Determinants in Iran with a New Approach
title_full_unstemmed Estimating Capital Flight and Its Determinants in Iran with a New Approach
title_short Estimating Capital Flight and Its Determinants in Iran with a New Approach
title_sort estimating capital flight and its determinants in iran with a new approach
topic capital flight
residual approach
iranian economy
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