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This paper analyzes the medium to long-term implications of global warming for the evolution of global financial structures. Stern (2007) and other related scientific literature reports that greenhouse gas emissions generated by human activities will very possibly lead to global temperature...
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We use plant-level data from the US Census of Manufacturers to study the short and long run effects of temperature on manufacturing activity. We document that temperature shocks significantly increase energy costs and lower the productivity of small manufacturing plants, while large plants are...
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heat reduces non-agricultural productivity, but less so than in agriculture, implying that hot countries could adapt to … perversely pulls labor into agriculture where its productivity suffers most and reallocation exacerbates the global decline in …
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This paper measures the economic impact of climate change on US agricultural land. We replicate the previous literature's implementation of the hedonic approach and find that it produces estimates of the effect of climate change that are very sensitive to decisions about the appropriate control...
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agriculture. It does so by bridging the extensive literature on climate impacts on yields and physical productivity in global crop …
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Nitrogen (N) fertilizer use in agricultural production is a significant determinant of surface water quality. As climate changes, agricultural producers are likely to adapt at extensive and intensive margins in terms of land and per acre input use, including fertilizers. These changes can affect...
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A popular approach for estimating climate change impacts on agriculture is to rely on supply-side reduced …
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This paper highlights the role of agriculture in the American economy and society over time and points to farmer …
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Climate change increases weather variability, exacerbating agricultural risk in poor countries. Risk-averse farmers are unable to tailor their planting decisions to the coming season, and underinvest in profitable inputs. Accurate, long-range forecasts enable farmers to optimize for the season...
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country agriculture. The goal of such coordination is to better integrate smallholder farmers into the modern agricultural … different contract attributes on rural transformation and welfare of smallholder rice farmers in Benin. We vary the terms of …
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