The Economic Consequences of the Libyan Spring: A Synthetic Control Analysis

Cruz A. Echevarría and Javier García-Enríquez
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Javier García Enríquez

Defence and Peace Economics, 2019, vol. 30, issue 5, 592-608

Abstract: In 2011 a wave of revolutionary movements, the so-called Arab Spring, spread in the Middle East and North Africa. Libya was one of the most affected countries, ending Gaddafi’s dictatorship after an international intervention and a civil war. This paper assesses the effects that this revolution had on Libyan economy. The analysis is made by means of the synthetic control method. Our estimates for the 2011–2014 period show (i) a cumulative loss in the growth rate of per capita real GDP of 64.15%; (ii) a cumulative loss in per capita real GDP of 56,548 dollars; and (iii) a cumulative loss in the aggregate real GDP of 350.5 billion dollars.

Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1080/10242694.2018.1446241

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