Chen, Ping-Yu; Chen, Chi-Chung; Chang, Chia-Lin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
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 …