Counting the Cost of the Intifada: Consumption, Saving and Political Instability in Israel
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In this paper we investigate some of the ways in which short-term variations in the magnitude of political instability can impact on macroeconomic performance, taking the example of Israel since 1987. Several indicators of political instability are found to have a significant impact on aggregate consumption and savings, and explain a large part of poor Israeli savings performance over reccent years.
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تاریخ انتشار 2000