Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

1978

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Abstract

The thesis of this study is that the stock of foreign exchange reserves is an important factor determining the level of Iran's demand for imports. The study examines the relationship between imports and foreign exchange reserves for total imports, consumer goods imports, intermediate goods imports, and capital goods imports. It is found that foreign exchange reserves constitute an important determinant of the demand for each of these import categories, but the greatest dependence occurs for imports of consumer goods. This pattern of dependency reflects the Iranian government's priorities in allocating foreign exchange among competing categories of imports. The dependence of various import categories on the stock of foreign exchange reserves reflects a reallocation -of an ample stock of foreign exchange in a manner which a free, an unrestricted, market would not dictate, so that the composition of imports is thereby changed.

Extent

113 p.

Comments

Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1978.|Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1978.

Identifier

FADT13953

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