Revolution empirics: predicting the Arab Spring

Empirical Economics

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 439-482

  Asongu, Simplice A ^a   Nwachukwu, Jacinta C ^b  

^a AFRICAN GOVERNANCE AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arab Spring; Economic growth; Political instability; Timing

Indexed keywords

ARAB WORLD; ECONOMIC GROWTH; FUTURE PROSPECT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INNOVATION; POLITICAL INSTABILITY; PREDICTION; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

EID: 84945579529     PISSN: 03777332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00181-015-1013-0     Document Type: Article

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