M.A. Thesis:

The relationship between the elements of the crime and economic growth in countries of Southwest Asia

The amount of crime committed depends on its variables depending on the structure of each society. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between crime components and economic growth in selected Southwest Asian countries. In this study, World Bank World Development Indicators were used to obtain the variables of economic growth, national savings, foreign direct investment, and business openness as a measure of globalization, population growth, gross enrollment rates at secondary level and technological changes. Is. The World Bank's Good Governance Indicators have also been used to calculate the political stability index. For the empirical analysis, the theoretical foundations of time series information related to the territory of Southwest Asia in the period 1996-2015 have been studied based on annual data and the dependent variable of GDP growth. The subject matter of the research is to investigate the relation between types of crime and economic growth. In order to analyze the data, the variance of the model variables is investigated and then the panel analysis is used to analyze the models as merged data. It should be noted that Eviews 9 software was used to analyze the statistical data. The results of the research indicate that the amount of violent crimes, total murder, commercial openness, savings rate, high school enrollment, technological change, foreign direct investment flows, political stability, population growth rates, and economic . growth rates Researching countries have a significant impact. crime components, economic growth, investment, trade openness, political stability crime components, economic growth, investment, trade openness, political stability crime components, economic growth, investment, trade openness, political stability

Keywords: crime components, economic growth, investment, trade openness, political stability