TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Arayssi, Mahmoud
AU  - Fakih, Ali
AU  - Haimoun, Nathir
        TI  - Did the Arab Spring Reduce MENA Countries' Growth?
        PY  - 2019/Feb/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 12161
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp12161
        AB  - 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.
        KW  - Arab Spring
KW  - growth
KW  - MENA countries
KW  - panel data
        ER  -