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The Economic Consequences of the Libyan Spring: A Synthetic Control Analysis

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  • Cruz A. Echevarría
  • Javier García-Enríquez

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In 2011 a wave of revolutionary movements, the so-called Arab Spring, spread in the Middle East and North Africa. Libya was one of the most affected countries, ending Gaddafi’s dictatorship after an international intervention and a civil war. This paper assesses the effects that this revolution had on Libyan economy. The analysis is made by means of the synthetic control method. Our estimates for the 2011–2014 period show (i) a cumulative loss in the growth rate of per capita real GDP of 64.15%; (ii) a cumulative loss in per capita real GDP of 56,548 dollars; and (iii) a cumulative loss in the aggregate real GDP of 350.5 billion dollars.

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  • Cruz A. Echevarría & Javier García-Enríquez, 2019. "The Economic Consequences of the Libyan Spring: A Synthetic Control Analysis," Defence and Peace Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 30(5), pages 592-608, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:defpea:v:30:y:2019:i:5:p:592-608
    DOI: 10.1080/10242694.2018.1446241
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