The Prediction of the Relationship between Moral Corruption, Sanctions and Economic Fluctuations on Foreign Direct Investment in Iran

Economic sanctions have become a special tool in international relations since the Cold War, which seems more practical and more moral than military warfare. The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between economic sanctions, corruption and economic fluctuations on investment. The present research investigates the macroeconomic indicators of trade volume, corruption and political risk, profit rate, liquidity, economic growth, economic sanctions, human capital, exchange rate, research and development expenditures, as well as investment in Iran during the years 2000 to 2019 using an applied correlational method. Furthermore, to analyze the data, Levenberg-Marquardt and neural network analysis of perceptron and artificial intelligence have been used. The fitting of the research model with a basic hypothesis has been confirmed. The results show that the model is estimated with the least error and the fitted line is approximately equal to the target value. Among the indicators, human capital has the most impact and economic growth has the least impact on investment while the impact of the other variables is intermediate.