TY - JOUR ID - 64084 TI - Does Market Potential Matter? Evidence on the Impact of Market Potential on Economic Growth in Iranian Provinces JO - Iranian Economic Review JA - IER LA - en SN - 1026-6542 AU - Dehghan Shabani, Zahra AU - Samadi, Ali Hussein AU - Zare, Amene AD - Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Shiraz University,shiraz,Iran AD - Shiraz University AD - Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics, Management and Social Sciences, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran Y1 - 2017 PY - 2017 VL - 21 IS - 4 SP - 847 EP - 863 KW - Keywords: Market Potential KW - Regional Economic Growth KW - New Economic Geography Model KW - Spatial Dynamic Panel Data. JEL Classification: R23 KW - R15 KW - R11 DO - 10.22059/ier.2017.64084 N2 - T he market potential is an indicator showing the level of market access and national demand for products of a region. The aim of this study is to study the effect of market potential on regional economic growth in 28 Iranian provinces over the years 2001–2011. In order to do that, a model of regional growth was estimated by using Spatial Dynamic Panel Data technique. This technique allows us to control for endogeneity biases. Based on the findings, the market potential has a significant positive impact on economic growth of Iranian provinces. This means that as the regional market of products gets bigger, it will experience a higher economic growth.   UR - https://ier.ut.ac.ir/article_64084.html L1 - https://ier.ut.ac.ir/article_64084_0a16943f0937f31ba18a8939c964b143.pdf ER -