The Effect of Transportation Price on the Price Index of Different Economic Sectors in Iran

The study of the effect of transportation price on the price index of economic sectors and the place of transportation according to the forward linkage, backward linkage, Power of Dispersion Index and Dispersion Sensitivity are considered as an important topic. In this way, this paper first examines the place of transportation in the Iranian economy and then examines the direct effects of increasing the price of transportation on the price of different economic sectors. To do this, using the Input-Output analysis and table 2011 of the Statistical Center of Iran. First, the symmetric table is calculated for the constant price and then merged under the various economic sectors and the input-output table is considered as 25 sectors. According to the results of this study, the highest impact of an increase 20%, 30% and 40% in transportation prices on commerce and hotel, petroleum products, chemical products, and mineral industries, agriculture and animal product price index.