The Influence of Iranʹʹs Entrance into the WTO on Major Indexes of Tehran Stock Exchange

Joining the World Trade Organization (WTO) will certainly have major impacts on the country’s economy and staying away from it results in missing the chance of playing an important role in global decisions and reducing nationʹs share of world trade. Countries have realized that privatization causes the security markets to boom. Investors evaluate investment performance by using stock exchange indexes. This study aims to examine Iranʹs entrance into the WTO on major indexes of Tehran stock exchange. The participants consist of (150) accounting professors and students and experts. A questionnaire was used for collecting data during the fall of 2012. To examine validity of questions the KMO –test was used. In order to test hypotheses One- sample T-test and Friedman-test were used. Statistical analyses showed that foreign investment by20/25 ranking average is the important factor in Iranʹs entrance into WTO and joining WTO by 3/6 average and 0/595 standard deviation has positive impacts on Stock Exchange’s Major indexes.