Iran as the major producer and exporter of Saffron in the world has devoted a considerable production, cultivated area andworld export value of Saffron to itself. In this study, the effects of short and long-run fluctuations of exchange rate were considered on Saffron export price by Autoregressive Distributed Lag model (ARDL). Results showed that the fluctuations of exchange rate have affected Saffron export price more than other variables under study. The effect of exchange rate and quantity of export, on Saffron export price was positive and significant in long-run. Furthermore there was no significant relationship between export price and domestic production of Saffron. According to finding, some policies such as control and stabilization exchange rate come into sight constructive in order to increase Saffron export

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