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Saman Ghaderi

Saman Ghaderi

Academic rank: Associate Professor
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Education: PhD.
ScopusId: 456445
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Faculty: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Address: Department of Economics, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj, Iran.
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Research

Title
THE EFFECT OF TRADE ANDF INANCIAL-OPENNESS ON GOVERNMENT SI ZE: A CASE STUDY FOR MENA
Type
JournalPaper
Keywords
Government size, Trade-openness, Financial-openness, MENA region, Panel data.
Year
2011
Journal International Research Journal of Applied and Basic Sciences
DOI
Researchers Esmaiel Abounoori ، Saman Ghaderi

Abstract

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.