The Effect of Economic Sanctions on Income Inequality in Iran; with Emphasis on Oil Revenues

Document Type : Original Article

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1 PhD student in Public Sector Economics, Department of Public Sector Economics, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, University of Lorestan, Khorramabad, Iran.

2 Associate Professor, Department of Public Sector Economics, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, University of Lorestan, Khorramabad, Iran

3 Associate Professor, Department of Economics Faculty of Social Sciences, Economics and Entrepreneurship, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran.

Abstract

Economic sanctions are a common diplomatic tool for countries to pursue political demands abroad or to punish non-aligned countries. Economic sanctions have been criticized for failing to achieve their goals and negatively impacting areas such as human rights, democracy, poverty, health care and basic living conditions. Sanctions imposed on Iran have affected various aspects of the economy, in terms of consumption, revenue, production, import of goods and services, and so on. This study examines the history and effects of economic sanctions on income inequality in Iran imposed by the United States during the period 1978-2018 using the Distributed Interrupt Autoregression (ARDL) method. Therefore, in this study, changes in oil revenues have been used as an indicator of economic sanctions. The results show that economic sanctions have different effects on income inequality in the short and long term. Also, the variables of foreign direct investment, inflation rate and degree of trade openness have a positive and significant effect on income inequality.

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Public Sector Economics Studies
Volume 2, Issue 2
September 2023
Pages 151-170

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  • Receive Date: 01 May 2022
  • Revise Date: 26 November 2022
  • Accept Date: 28 December 2022

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