Economic Fallout of Social Conflict: Evidence from Social Media and Satellite Images

Inthispaper,weleverageaquasi-experimentaldesignandinnovativesourcesofinfor-
mation toexaminetheimpactofrisingsocialconflictandpoliticalinstabilityinHaiti.
ByexploitinggeographicalheterogeneityandleveragingdatafromFacebookandsatellite
imagery,weshowtheimpactofdifferenttypesofviolenceonproxiesofeconomicactivity
in thecontextofcountrieswithlimiteddataavailability

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