The Macroeconomic Impact of Social Unrest /

This paper explores the macroeconomic impact of social unrest, using a novel index based on news reports. The findings are threefold. First, unrest has an adverse effect on economic activity, with GDP remaining on average 0.2 percentage points below the pre-shock baseline six quarters after a one-st...

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Autor principal: Hadzi-Vaskov, Metodij
Altres autors: Pienknagura, Samuel, Ricci, Luca
Format: Revista
Idioma:English
Publicat: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2021.
Col·lecció:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2021/135
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Accés en línia:Full text available on IMF