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Spatial inequality, geography and economic activity
Achten, Sandra; Lessmann, Christian - 2019
We study the effect of spatial inequality on economic activity. Given that the relationship is highly simultaneous in nature, we use exogenous variation in geographic features to construct an instrument for spatial inequality, which is independent from any man-made factors. Inequality measures...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011983689
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Extreme weather and inter-state migration in India
Richa, Richa; Noy, Ilan; Sen, Subir - 2024
variability in the weather and the increase in the number of extreme weather disasters associated with climate change. The … efficacy of disaster risk management and climate change adaptation policies at the sub-national level. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014467352
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The economic impact of weather and climate
Tol, Richard S. J. - 2021
I propose a new conceptual framework to disentangle the impacts of weather and climate on economic activity and growth …: A stochastic frontier model with climate in the production frontier and weather shocks as a source of inefficiency. I … test it on a sample of 160 countries over the period 1950-2014. Temperature and rainfall determine production possibilities …
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A primer on weather and climate intervention for economists
Knowles, Scott; Skidmore, Mark - 2019
There is limited public discourse and understanding about the history and science of weather and climate intervention …, climate-related geoengineering is steadily gaining support as a means of combatting rising global temperatures. With climate … climate intervention with the aim of answering the question: Why aren't more economists interested in evaluating weather and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011996039
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Geography and insolation in 19th century US African-American and white statures
Carson, Scott A. (contributor) - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003641717
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Geography, insolation, and institutional change in 19th century African-American and white stature in southern states
Carson, Scott Alan (contributor) - 2008
The use of height data to measure living standards is now a well-established method in the economic literature. While much is known about 19th century black legal and material conditions, less is known about how 19th century biological conditions were related to the physical environment and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003771878
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Regional inequality, convergence, and its determinants : a view from outer space
Lessmann, Christian; Seidel, André - 2015 - This version: 16.04.2015
This paper provides a new data set of regional income inequalities within countries based on satellite nighttime light data. We first empirically study the relationship between luminosity data and regional incomes for those countries where regional income data are available. We subsequently use...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010515477
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Regional inequality and internal conflict
Lessmann, Christian - 2013 - This version: January 2013
This paper studies the influence of interregional inequality within countries on internal con-flicts. Regional inequalities are measured by the population-weighted coefficient of variation of regional GDP per capita. As the main innovation, I use a panel data set of country-level re- gional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009707631
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Trade, integration, and interregional inequality
Hirte, Georg; Lessmann, Christian - 2014 - This version: April 08, 2014
We study the effect of international trade and freeness of trade (openness) on interregional inequality within countries. We estimate a model derived from a structural economic-geography approach in which interregional inequality depends on weighted trade shares and trade costs. In addition to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010354797
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Optimal taxation under regional inequality
Kessing, Sebastian; Lipatov, Vilen; Zoubek, Jens Malte - 2014
Regional productivity differences provide scope for productivity-enhancing labor mobility. Redistribution reduces relocation incentives through higher taxes or lower transfers. Combining an intensive labor supply margin with an extensive, productivity-enhancing migration margin, we determine how...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010469268