Examining the Effects of the Sanctions Shock on the Competitiveness of Industries with an Emphasis on the Industrialization Intensity and the Quality of Exports, the Structural Autoregression Approach (SVAR)

The purpose of this research is to examine the effect of the economic sanctions shock on the industrial competitiveness index with emphasis on the industrialization intensity and the quality of exports with the structural auto-regression approach in the period of 1990-2020. The results indicate that the shock caused by the import goods price index had effects with negative and positive fluctuations on the industrialization intensity, and on the export quality had a negative effect at the beginning of the period and a positive effect at the end of the period. On the other hand, the shock caused by the export goods price index on the industrialization intensity and the quality of exports has been accompanied by positive and negative fluctuations. The exchange relationship does not affect the industrialization intensity and has a positive effect on the export quality. The production and export of crude oil have had an effect on the industrialization intensity with positive, negative, and finally neutral fluctuations, and a positive effect on the quality of exports. The effect of foreign direct investment is positive on the industrialization intensity and negative on the quality of exports. The ratio of trade balance shock to GDP has had an effect on the industrialization intensity and the quality of exports with positive and negative fluctuations and in the end neutral. According to the above results, it can be argued that the effect of economic sanctions on the industrialization intensity index and the quality of exports depends to some extent on government policies, investments related to research and development, and the codification of an industrialization strategy.