@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp12161,
            	author={Arayssi, Mahmoud and Fakih, Ali and Haimoun, Nathir},
            	title={Did the Arab Spring Reduce MENA Countries' Growth?},
            	year={2019},
	month={Feb},
            	institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)},
            	address={Bonn},
            	type={IZA Discussion Paper},
            	number={12161},
            	url={https://www.iza.org/publications/dp12161},
	abstract={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.},
	keywords={Arab Spring;growth;MENA countries;panel data},
            }