show that a typical port exported fewer slaves in a year when the local temperature was warmer than normal. This result is …

test whether there are threshold effects between temperature and mortality, using a panel of 78 major cities in 22 OECD … countries for 1990-2008. From the empirical analysis, we find that the relationship between temperature and mortality has three … threshold effects, namely 15.21℉ (-9.33℃), 46.97℉ (8.32℃), and 87.53℉ (30.85℃). If the temperature is below 15.21℉ (-9.33℃), the …

. Climate variables like temperature and precipitation are the important determinants of crop yields. Trend of precipitation is … neither increasing nor decreasing significantly during this period. However, temperature is increasing by 0.7 0C during the … maximum temperature has contributed positively to rice yield. Also, increase in summer rain and minimum temperature has …

, and 20th), we estimate a robust and significant time-varying, non-monotonic effect of climatic temperature upon current … incomes for a cross-section of 167 countries. We find a large, positive effect of 18th century climatic temperature and an … even larger, negative effect of 19th century climatic temperature upon current incomes. When historic, climatic temperature …