Assessing Oil and Non-Oil GDP Growth from Space : An Application to Yemen 2012-17 /

This paper uses an untapped source of satellite-recorded nightlights and gas flaring data to characterize the contraction of economic activity in Yemen throughout the ongoing conflict that erupted in 2015. Using estimated nightlights elasticities on a sample of 72 countries for real GDP and 28 count...

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Bibliographische Detailangaben
1. Verfasser: Debbich, Majdi
Format: Zeitschrift
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2019.
Schriftenreihe:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2019/221
Online Zugang:Full text available on IMF