F. Alijani; M. Salarpour; M. Sabouhi
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Considering the importance of the impact of subsidy reform on the agricultural sector, the study aimed at understanding consequences of changes in the rates of production subsidy using General equilibrium model based on input-output table in the year 2001.The study conducted based on three scenarios ...
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Considering the importance of the impact of subsidy reform on the agricultural sector, the study aimed at understanding consequences of changes in the rates of production subsidy using General equilibrium model based on input-output table in the year 2001.The study conducted based on three scenarios containing step, down and finally removed rates of production subsidy. The effects on production, value added, employment, export and import activities in the agricultural sector were analyzed. Results showed that production, value added and export of cultivation, livestock and poultry activities have been reduced more than other activities in the field. Results also showed that employment in sub-sections of the agricultural sector and paltry activities have been reduced. Furthermore, elimination of production subsidies had a negative impact on the fish imports, while the impact was positive for imports of other products. Therefore, since the policy had negative impact on the agricultural products, supporting agricultural sector along with reduction in the government’s expenditures is recommended.
A. Yousefi; S. Khalilian; H. Balali
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AbstractWater is a vital resource for every biological and human phenomena. Nowadays, water management and conservation has a great importance not only in developing countries, but also in developed countries. In traditional economics, water is not taken into consideration as a factor of production in ...
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AbstractWater is a vital resource for every biological and human phenomena. Nowadays, water management and conservation has a great importance not only in developing countries, but also in developed countries. In traditional economics, water is not taken into consideration as a factor of production in the national accounts. Nevertheless in reality, water is the primary input of many goods and services directly and indirectly. Water quality and quantity issues are one of the main challenges facing Iranian development process. In Iran the structure of related organizations in water management is based on the separated policy responsibilities and functions. This study tries to analysis the role of water in Iranian economy by using computable general equilibrium modeling. Results show that the share of water sector in the economy has been undervalued, because of the problems in water national accounting and no market price for water. Given the importance of water resources in economic and social development, it is necessary to change the sectoral management to integrated water resources management (IWRM). Thus, integration of hydrological and economic information and providing the water satellite account system is the first step of IWRM.