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Stolen Dreams or Collateral Damage: Climate and Economic Growth in Time of Covid-19

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  • Hany Abdel-Latif

    (Swansea University)

  • Hala Abou-Ali

    (Cairo University, Egypt)

  • Yasmine Abdelfatah

    (Universities of Canada, Egypt)

  • Nada Rostom

    (American University Cairo, Egypt)

  • Amal Abdelfatah

    (Universities of Canada, Egypt)

  • Said Kaawach

    (University of Huddersfield, UK)

Abstract

This paper investigates the coupled dynamics of climate and growth in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, considering exogenous shocks such as the COVID-19,with no presumptions on the direction of causality. We utilise temperature and precipitation departures from their historical trends to quantify climate change. We estimatecountry-specific and panel vector autoregressive models with exogenous variables to supplement existing attempts that integrate climate change in economic modelling. Our findings lend evidence to the interrelation between climate change and economic growth without ruling out bi-directional causality, a reality that many climate studies tend to overlook.

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  • Hany Abdel-Latif & Hala Abou-Ali & Yasmine Abdelfatah & Nada Rostom & Amal Abdelfatah & Said Kaawach, 2021. "Stolen Dreams or Collateral Damage: Climate and Economic Growth in Time of Covid-19," Working Papers 1523, Economic Research Forum, revised 20 Dec 2021.
    • Handle: RePEc:erg:wpaper:1523
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