خلاصة:
Background. The sports industry plays an important role in the progress of the economy in developed countries. The role of technology is remarkable in the enhancement of the economy.
Objectives. The present study investigates the effects of technology spillover on the economic growth of Iran’s sports industry through the import of intermediate and capital goods for the period from 1974 to 2012.
Methods. The research method was econometrics and the autoregressive distributed lag model was used. To do so, the following categories of data was analyzed by Eviews software: value added to cultural, recreational and sports services; current and construction expenditures of the government compared to the GDP (government size); import of intermediate and capital goods; capital stock of sports and active economic population of the sports section.
Results. The results of model estimation showed that technology spillover has a significant and positive effect on the economic growth of Iran’s sports industry (p<0.05) both in the short and the long term. The error correction model also indicated a speedy movement of distortions and imbalances towards the long-term equilibrium.
Conclusion. The findings show that the import of capital and intermediate goods creates the context for increased productivity in Iran’s sports sector by facilitating access to the required intermediate agent and global technologies for organizations.
ملخص الجهاز:
The present study investigates theeffects of technology spillover on the economic growth of Iran’s sports industry through import of intermediate andcapital goods for the period from 1974 to 2012.
The results of model estimation showed that technology spillover has asignificant and positive effect on the economic growth of Iran’s sports industry (p<0.
The findings show that import of capital and intermediate goods creates the context forincreased productivity in Iran’s sports sector by facilitating access to the required intermediate agent and globaltechnologies for organizations.
Sports Industry, Economic Growth, ARDL, Technology Spillover, Value Added.
On one hand, based on new theoriesof economic growth, research and developmentactivities of business partners via import ofintermediate and capital goods can play anessential role in economic growth (2);consequently, the transfer of appropriatetechnology provides the context of growth in lessdeveloped countries.
In other words, thedevelopment of trade and economy of a country80 Technology Spillover and Economic Growth in Sport IndustryJalayee, S.
Based on recent theories and studies ofeconomic growth and international trade byRomer (1990), Grossman and Helpman (1990),Coe and Helpman (1995), Coe, Bayoumi andHelpman (1990), Lichtenberg and Potterie(1998), Kinoshita (2000), Cebrian and Lopez(2005), and Perez-Sebastain (2007), in the case ofinternational trade among countries, economicgrowth depends on accumulation of researchcapital and foreign development through theimport of capital and intermediate goods.
variables, stated that in addition to export,import of capital and intermediate goods can alsohave a positive and significant effect oneconomic growth (18).
As Table 1shows, the absolute value of the augmentedDickey-Fuller statistics for the variable of the82 Technology Spillover and Economic Growth in Sport IndustryJalayee, S.