In this paper, we test the effect of weather shocks and floods on urban social disorder for a panel of large cities in … large cities. Our findings have important implications for evaluating future climate change, as well as for policies … regarding adaptation to climate change and disaster resilience. …

In this paper, we test the effect of weather shocks and floods on urban social disorder for a panel of large cities in … into large cities. Our findings have important implications for evaluating future climate change, as well as for policies … regarding adaptation to climate change and disaster resilience. …

This paper estimates the impact of climate change on the prevalence of criminal activity in the United States. The … analysis is based on a 50-year panel of monthly crime and weather data for 2,972 U.S. counties. I identify the effect of … weather on monthly crime by using a semi-parametric bin estimator and controlling for county-by-month and county-by-year fixed …

estimates reveal no evidence of adaptation, instead the temperature relationship is stable across time, baseline climate, air … the implications of our findings for the allocation of mental health services and in light of climate change. …

In this paper, we explore the importance of accounting for climate when determining the impact of weather on product … studies often fail to distinguish between weather and climate, leading to inaccurate conclusions. Our results highlight the … need to control for climate in order to accurately assess the effects of weather on retail sales. We use ordinary least …