Virtual Water Trade between Iran and the European Union (EU28) – A Sectoral-Country Analysis Using the Input-Output Model | ||
Iranian Journal of Economic Studies | ||
مقاله 5، دوره 9، شماره 2 - شماره پیاپی 18، اسفند 2020، صفحه 413-436 اصل مقاله (591.23 K) | ||
نوع مقاله: Research Paper | ||
شناسه دیجیتال (DOI): 10.22099/ijes.2021.38632.1714 | ||
نویسندگان | ||
Mehran Zarei* 1؛ Zahra Nasrollahi2 | ||
1Department of Economics, University of Sistan and Bluchestan, Zahedan, Iran. | ||
2Department of Economics, Management and Accounting, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran. | ||
چکیده | ||
The article is grounded on the rapid demand growth and supply constraints, which have imposed unprecedented pressure on water resources in Iran. Virtual water import has been recently discussed as a policy to tackle water scarcity and so the study calculates (with input-output technique) virtual water flows between Iran and European Union (EU 28) in 2011. The results show that Iran has been a net importer of virtual water in trade with the EU28, with net imports of about 667 million m3. The largest Virtual Water Export from Iran to the EU28 are respectively to Germany, Spain and Italy, which accounted for more than 74% of the total virtual water exports. By contrast, the Netherlands, Germany and Austria have been the largest virtual water exporters to Iran, with a total share of over 68.8% of the total. In any case, while Iran's virtual water import from the EU28 is about 2 times as much as virtual water exports, the value of Iran's imports from the EU28 is more than 7.6 times of its exports. An indicator developed shows that Iran's exports to the EU are high water-intensive but Iran's imports from the European Union are low water intensive. | ||
کلیدواژهها | ||
Input-output analysis؛ Virtual water trade؛ Iran؛ European Union؛ Economic sectors | ||
مراجع | ||
Afkhami, M., Bassetti, T., Ghoddusi, H., & Pavesi, F. (2018). Virtual water | ||
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