%0 Report
        %A Arayssi, Mahmoud
%A Fakih, Ali
%A Haimoun, Nathir
        %T Did the Arab Spring Reduce MENA Countries' Growth?
        %D 2019
        %8 2019 Feb
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 12161
        %U https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp12161
        %X This paper examines the economic ramifications of the recent political reconfigurations that the MENA region witnessed, commonly known as the Arab Spring, utilizing MENA countries data during period 2005-2016. Using the Arellano-Bond dynamic panel estimation, the paper estimates a growth model using the difference in the log of GDPC between periods t and t+1. Buttressed by sufficient empirical evidence, the paper's findings corroborate that the Arab Spring had been negatively associated with growth.
        %K Arab Spring
%K growth
%K MENA countries
%K panel data