Observing Economic Growth in Unrecognized States with Nighttime Light

Masayuki Kudamatsu
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Masayuki Kudamatsu: Associate Professor, Osaka School of International Public Policy, Osaka University

No 19E002, OSIPP Discussion Paper from Osaka School of International Public Policy, Osaka University

Abstract: This paper uses the satellite images of nighttime light to estimate economic growth rates in four unrecognized states of the former Soviet Union: Nagorno-Karabakh in Azerbaijan, Abkhazia and South Ossetia in Georgia, and Transnistria in Moldova. We then compare these estimates against those similarly obtained for the parent states to gauge the impact of non-recognition as sovereign states on economic activities. The estimated economic growth rates do not differ much between the breakaway territories and their parent states, suggesting that the economic impact of non-recognition as states may be fairly limited.

Keywords: Unrecognized states; the former Soviet Union; satellite data; civil conflicts; economic growth (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D74 O43 P48 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 32 pages
Date: 2019-03
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