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Deschênes, Olivier - 2022

This paper reviews and extends the recent empirical literature on the impact of climate change on mortality and adaptation in the United States. The analysis produces several new facts. First, the reductions in the impact of extreme heat on mortality risk previously documented up to 2004 have...

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Energy expenditure in Egypt: empirical evidence based on a quantile regression approach

Belaid, Fateh; Rault, Christophe - 2021

This paper investigates the key factors affecting household energy expenditure in Egypt. Based upon the latest 2015 Egyptian HIECS Survey, we develop a quantile regression model with an innovative variable selection approach via Adaptive Lasso Regularization technique to untangle the spectrum of...

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On the bilateral trade effects of free trade agreements between the EU-15 and the CEEC-4 countries

Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Rault, Christophe; Sova, Robert - 2008

The expansion of regionalism has spawned an extensive theoretical literature analysing the effects of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) on trade flows. In this paper we focus on FTAs (also called European agreements) between the European Union (EU-15) and the Central and Eastern European countries...

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FDI impact on firm performance in enlarged Europe : evidence from a meta-regression analysis

Bruno, Randolph; Cipollina, Maria - 2014

This paper combines, explains and summarizes recent findings from the empirical literature focusing on the FDI's effect on firms' performances by collecting all the relevant firm level quantitative studies to run a regression of regressions focused on Enlarged Europe. The results show that there...

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Can a supranational medicines agency restore trust after vaccine suspensions? : the case of Vaxzevria

Albanese, Andrea; Fallucchi, Francesco; Verheyden, Bertrand - 2021

Over the first half of March 2021, the majority of European governments suspended Astrazeneca's Vaxzevria vaccine as a precaution following media reports of rare blood clots. We analyse the impact of the European Medicines Agency's (EMA) March 18th statement assuring the public of the safety of...

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Temperature and mental health : evidence from the spectrum of mental health outcomes

Mullins, Jamie T.; White, Corey D. - 2019

This paper characterizes the link between ambient temperatures and a broad set of mental health outcomes. We find that higher temperatures increase emergency department visits for mental illness, suicides, and self-reported days of poor mental health. Specifically, cold temperatures reduce...

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Extreme weather and long-term health : evidence from two millennia of Chinese elites

Lee, Wang-Sheng; Li, Ben G. - 2019

Modern technology empowers human beings to cope with various extreme weather events. Using Chinese historical data, we … examine the impact of extreme weather on long-term human health in an environment where individuals have no access to modern … technology. By combining life course data on 5,000 Chinese elites with historical weather data over the period 1-1840 AD, we find …

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Weather conditions and daily commuting

Belloc, Ignacio; Gimenez-Nadal, José Ignacio; Molina, … - 2022

the extent that climate projections are less than optimistic, understanding how individuals respond to extreme weather … extreme weather conditions is that of personal travel, including commuting, an activity that is done daily by millions of … workers worldwide. Within this framework, we estimate the effects of weather conditions on daily commuting and travel choices …

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Temperature and the timing of work

Cosaert, Sam; Nieto Castro, Adrián; Tatsiramos, … - 2023

We leverage U.S. county-day temperature variation combined with daily time use data to examine the effect of temperature on the timing of work. We find that warmer (colder) temperatures increase (decrease) working time during the night and decrease (increase) working time in the morning. These...

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Do output contractions trigger democratic change?

Burke, Paul J.; Leigh, Andrew - 2010

reduces the short-run likelihood of institutional change toward democracy. Output contractions due to adverse weather shocks … ; weather ; commodity prices …

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