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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| Format: | Journal |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
International Monetary Fund,
2019.
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| Series: | IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ;
No. 2019/221 |
| Online Access: | Full text available on IMF |