عنوان	THE EFFECT OF TRADE ANDF INANCIAL-OPENNESS ON GOVERNMENT SI ZE: A CASE STUDY FOR MENA
نوع پژوهش	مقاله چاپ‌شده در مجلات علمی
کلیدواژه‌ها	Government size, Trade-openness, Financial-openness, MENA region, Panel data.
چکیده	This paper concentrates on the relationship between trade openness, financial openness and gover nment si ze concer ni ng t he Mi ddl e East and Nort h Afri can countri es ( MENA). Compensati on hypothesis explains that trade-openness is positively interconnected with the government size. Also, fi nanci al openness has negati ve r el ati ons hi p wit h t he gover n ment si ze. Usi ng panel dat a f or MENA countries during 2000-2007, we have found evidence of a positive relationship between trade-openness and government size and also a negative relationship between financial openness and the size of gover nment.
پژوهشگران	اسمعیل ابونوری (نفر اول)، سامان قادری (نفر دوم)