Arash Ketabforoush Badri - PhD student of Economics, Faculty of Management and Accounting, Qazvin Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qazvin,Iran
Ramin Yahyavi - Master of Education Management, Faculty of Management, Marand Branch, Islamic Azad University, Marand, Iran
Mostafa Pourebrahim - Master of Economics, Department of Economics, College of Economics, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran

Export for any country as the driving force of the economy, is a factor for progress and has many advantages. Among them can be mention the creation of income to meet the needs of the importing country or programs, economic development, job creation or new job opportunities, improving the quality of manufactured goods, lower production costs, because taking advantage of the full capacity of production and gain international prestige to strengthen the country's economy. Exports also acts as a channel for technology transfer and knowledge to differentiate products and improve product design ideas. This is an important economic factor, which provides opportunities for the exploitation of successful research, and increases the incentives for investment in R&D and encourages technical innovation and the development of markets. For this purpose, this study tries investigates the effects of R&D and human capital on export of Iran in the period 1975-2012 using OLS methods. The results show that R&D has a significant and positive effect on export, so that 1 percent increasing of its value, export 0/33 percent increased. Also, human capital has a positive impact on export. It can be said that 1 percent increase in the human capital, export 0/58 percent increased.

R&D, Human Capital, Export, OLS