Authors : Rajabali Satari and Hossein Sharifi Renani
Abstract: Dynamism of members of a community and quality of their presence at various economic and social arenas has a special position in today world. Paying attention to people’s health and how economic factors impact on health indices is assumed as one of the most essential topics in decisions made by directors in a country. Similarly, paying attention to direct and indirect impacts of health in various fields and addressing its portion in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and considering it as a parameter to measure development in any country and noticing the effective elements for it will be assumed as an inevitable issue. Economic liberalization (freedom) and investment in this field may improve health indices. The present study has analyzed the effect of economic liberalization elements including commercial liberalization, monetary freedom and financial liberalization on health indices in ten selected countries using panel data techniques during 1995-2014. The results derived from final approximation of models signify the positive effect of economic liberalization elements on the studied health indices in the selected nations.
Rajabali Satari and Hossein Sharifi Renani, 2016. “Effect of Economic Liberalization Elements on Health Indices” (Case Study: Selected Petroleum Exporting Countries). International Business Management, 10: 3964-3972.