The impact of the Arab Spring on the Tunisian economy (English)

This paper uses Synthetic Control Methodology to estimate the output loss in Tunisia as a result of the "Arab Spring." The results suggest that the loss was 5.5 percent, 5.1 percent, and 6.4 percent of GDP in 2011, 2012, and 2013 respectively. These findings are robust to a series of tests, including placebo tests, and are consistent with those from an Autoregressive Distributed Lag Model of Tunisia's economic growth. Moreover, this paper finds that...

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Matta,Samer Naji;

Appleton,Simon Mark;

Bleaney,Michael Francis;
Document Date
2016/10/11
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS7856
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Tunisia,
Region
Middle East and North Africa,
Disclosure Date
2016/10/11
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
The impact of the Arab Spring on the Tunisian economy
Keywords
life expectancy at birth

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Matta,Samer Naji; Appleton,Simon Mark; Bleaney,Michael Francis.

The impact of the Arab Spring on the Tunisian economy (English). Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 7856 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/518411476195193488

The impact of the Arab Spring on the Tunisian economy (English)

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