The Role of Financial Development Factors on How to Affect Oil Price on Oil and Gas Rents in Iran

This paper investigates the role of financial development factors on how to affect oil price on oil and gas rents in Iran. In order to construct a multidimensional financial development index, the principal component analysis and weighted average of nine financial development indicators are used. The oil price is derived from the estimates of spot prices. Data is collected seasonally for Iran during the period of 1970Q1-2016Q4. In order to evaluate the how to affect oil price on oil and gas rents, a simultaneous equations system, the SUR estimator, and rolling regression method are used in two stages. In the first step, the ARDL rolling method is used to estimate the effect of oil price on oil and gas rents. Then, the effect of multidimensional financial development index on the oil price is determined by simultaneous equations system of oil and gas rents. The findings indicate the positive effect of multidimensional financial development index on how to influence oil price on oil rent and gas rents. It means that increasing multidimensional financial development index strengthens the effectiveness of oil price on oil and gas rents in Iran.