Impact of Public-Private Partnership for Trade: Free Zones of Iran

Etemedmoghaddam, Fatemeh; Sameti, Majid; Ghobadi, Sara; Mahinizadeh, Mansour

doi:10.22099/ijes.2022.42167.1799

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

¹ Department of Economics, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran.

² Department of Economics, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran.

³ Faculty of Economics, Management and Accounting, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran

10.22099/ijes.2022.42167.1799

Abstract

In an effort to achieve economic growth and development, to eliminate or minimize the traditional barriers of trade, trade facilitation (TF), and increase international trade, free trade zones in Iran were founded. In this regard, part of the solution to increasing countries' international trade is provided by Public- Private Partnerships. Since trade facilitation includes a relationship between the Public and Private sectors, this type of partnership is especially important in trade facilitation. The purpose of this research is to evaluate the relationship of the factors that have the greatest impact on TF-oriented PPPs in the free zones and these factors derive from the theory of PPPs. Qualitative data was collected focusing on private, public, and academic sector professionals involved in free zones and trade by a researcher-made questionnaire. The Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) strategy was utilized to look at the model and test the research hypotheses. Of the 5-hypothesis proposed by this study, four hypotheses were confirmed and one was rejected. The results have shown that the variables of private sector abilities, the micro-environment factors, and the macro-environment factors, in that arrange, have the foremost impact on TF-oriented PPPs and TF-oriented PPPs have a strong relationship to trade facilitation. Therefore, the use of TF-oriented PPPs in free zones can have a positive effect on trade facilitation, and the development of TF dimensions will also lead to trade facilitation in Iran's free zones.

Keywords

Main Subjects

Public Economics

Article Title [Persian]

تاثیر مشارکت بخش خصوصی و دولتی بر تجارت: مناطق آزاد ایران

Authors [Persian]

فاطمه اعتمادمقدم ¹
مجید صامتی ²
سارا قبادی ¹
منصور مهینی زاده ³

¹ گروه اقتصاد، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، واحد اصفهان (خوراسگان)، اصفهان، ایران.

² گروه اقتصاد، دانشگاه اصفهان، اصفهان، ایران.

³ دانشکده اقتصاد، مدیریت و حسابداری دانشگاه یزد، یزد، ایران

Abstract [Persian]

در تلاش برای دستیابی به رشد و توسعه اقتصادی، حذف یا به حداقل رساندن موانع سنتی تجارت، تسهیل تجارت (TF) و افزایش تجارت بین‌المللی، مناطق آزاد تجاری در ایران تأسیس شد. در این راستا، بخشی از راه‌حل افزایش تجارت بین‌المللی کشورها توسط مشارکت‌های دولتی و خصوصی ارائه می‌شود. از آنجایی که تسهیل تجارت شامل رابطه بین عوامل دولتی و خصوصی است، این نوع مشارکت در تسهیل تجارت اهمیت ویژه ای دارد. هدف از این تحقیق بررسی رابطه عواملی است که بیشترین تأثیر را بر PPPهای TF محور در مناطق آزاد دارند و این عوامل برگرفته از تئوری PPPها هستند. داده‌های کیفی با تمرکز بر متخصصان بخش خصوصی، دولتی و دانشگاهی درگیر در مناطق آزاد و تجاری توسط پرسش‌نامه محقق‌ساخته جمع‌آوری شد. برای بررسی مدل و آزمون فرضیه های تحقیق از روش مدل سازی معادلات ساختاری (SEM) استفاده شد. از 5 فرضیه مطرح شده در این پژوهش، چهار فرضیه تأیید و یک فرضیه رد شد. نتایج نشان می‌دهد که متغیرهای توانایی‌های بخش خصوصی، عوامل محیطی خرد و عوامل محیطی کلان به ترتیب بیشترین تأثیر را بر PPPهای TF محور دارند و PPPهای TF گرا رابطه قوی با تسهیل تجارت دارند. . بنابراین استفاده از PPP های TF محور در مناطق آزاد می تواند تاثیر مثبتی بر تسهیل تجارت داشته باشد و توسعه ابعاد TF نیز موجب تسهیل تجارت در مناطق آزاد ایران خواهد شد.

Keywords [Persian]

مشارکت بخش خصوصی و دولتی
تسهیل تجارت
معادلات ساختاری
مناطق آزاد

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Impact of Public-Private Partnership for Trade: Free Zones of Iran

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Volume 10, Issue 2 - Serial Number 20December 2021Pages 565-591

Volume 10, Issue 2 - Serial Number 20
December 2021
Pages 565-591