Mohammad Reza Farzaneh; Ali Bagheri; Mohammadhossein Ramezani Ghavamabadi
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Unsustainable withdrawal of groundwater resources has resulted in increasing spread of economic, social and ecological consequences in Iran. Particularly, since the adoption of "Protection of groundwater resources of Iran Act" (passed in 1966), numerous policies and laws with the aim of protecting groundwater ...
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Unsustainable withdrawal of groundwater resources has resulted in increasing spread of economic, social and ecological consequences in Iran. Particularly, since the adoption of "Protection of groundwater resources of Iran Act" (passed in 1966), numerous policies and laws with the aim of protecting groundwater resources have been passed and enforced; however, the level of groundwater table has been continuously decreasing while the number of prohibited plains have been increasing. So, the question arises that where the problem is originated from; and despite nearly 50 years of policy-making, legislation and implementation, why are groundwater resources not protected, but the situation has been getting worse and worse. Relying on the premises of institutional theories, the present paper will address the context and features of water bodies based on three components of mental models, structures, and the system of benefit and power distribution. The results show that the components of institutional environment are inconsistent with the context of legality.
Abolfazl Shahabadi; Behzad Amiri; Sara Sarigol
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In recent decades, reducing income inequality has become one of the major objectives of economic and social development and even important part of governments’ tasks. Thus, studying equal distribution of income and trying to find its causes are important to achieve sustained and stable economic ...
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In recent decades, reducing income inequality has become one of the major objectives of economic and social development and even important part of governments’ tasks. Thus, studying equal distribution of income and trying to find its causes are important to achieve sustained and stable economic growth and development. Consequently, this study is using conventional econometrics technique (panel data approach) to evaluate the effect of governance on income equality in selected NAM countries during the period 1996-2012. The results show that governance variable has positive and significant effect on income equality in countries under study. Based on the estimation results, the effect of financial development, human capital, subsidies granted by the government on equal income distribution are positive and significant. The effect of synthesized variable of difference between labor compensation growth rate and inflation on income equality is positive but insignificant. Interaction effect of natural resources and governance variables on income equality is positive and significant.