The Power of the Street: Evidence from Egypt's Arab Spring

Unprecedented street protests brought down Mubarak's government and ushered in an era of competition between three rival political groups in Egypt. Using daily variation in the number of protesters, we document that more intense protests are associated with lower stock market valuations for fir...

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Main Authors: Hassan, Tarek A. (Author), Tahoun, Ahmed (Author), Acemoglu, K. Daron (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press (OUP), 2018-02-12T20:00:13Z.
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