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1 Department of Economics and Maritime Insurance, Faculty of Economics and Management, Khorramshahr University of Marine Sciences and Technology, Khorramshahr, Iran.

2 Department of Maritime Transportation, Faculty of Economics and Management, Khorramshahr University of Marine Sciences and Technology, Khorramshahr, Iran.

Abstract

The aim of this article is to examine the relationship between economic growth, international trade and marine freight transportation. For this reason, annual data for marine transport and economic growth determinants is used, during the period of 1978 to 2017 with the application of Auto Regressive Distributed Lag model to control the dynamics structure of the system in both of growth and marine transportation models. Results indicate an investment in marine transportation sector cause economic growth and also, marine transportation has a significant effect on International trade. Based on the results, its proposed to increase marine transport facilities in order to improve trade balance.

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