An attendance model is specified for the Canadian Hockey League (CHL), the top level of junior hockey in Canada with … some teams located in the United States. The natural log of attendance is used as the dependent variable, with explanatory … variables consisting of the timing of the game, team performance characteristics, uncertainty of outcome measures, and weather …

Rainfall is a truly exogeneous variable and hence popular as an instrument for many outcomes. But by its very nature …, rainfall in nearby areas tends to be correlated. I show theoretically that if there are also spatial trends in outcomes of …

This article studies the role of rainfall in determining the education composition of Mexico-US migration. Emphasizing … the relationship between rainfall and migration costs, a revised Roy model indicates that rainfall affects selection on … with a higher vertex when rainfall decreases, suggesting higher migration costs and reinforced self-selection patterns. The …