the impact of the weather on purchasing decisions. We find that the choice to purchase a convertible, a 4-wheel drive, or … a vehicle that is black in color is highly dependent on the weather at the time of purchase in a way that is …

Economists are increasingly using weather data and climate model output in analyses of the economic impacts of climate … change. This article introduces weather data sets and climate models that are frequently used, discusses the most common … to weather data, including a summary of the types of datasets available, and then discuss five common pitfalls that …

influence economic outcomes. These studies focus on changes in weather realizations over time within a given spatial area and … credibly identify (i) the breadth of channels linking weather and the economy, (ii) heterogeneous treatment effects across … different types of locations, and (iii) non-linear effects of weather variables. This paper reviews the new literature with two …

This paper employs a stochastic frontier approach to examine how climate change and extreme weather affect U ….S. agricultural productivity using 1940-1970 historical weather data (mean and variation) as the norm. We have four major findings …. Fourth, we project potential impacts of climate change and extreme weather on U.S. regional productivity based on the …

I formally relate the consequences of climate change to the time series variation in weather extensively explored by … reduced-form weather regressions in more general environments. Applying this new method, I find that an additional 2°C of …

historic data on weather, climate, economic activity and other variables. This has been an active area of research for several … long-run) estimated, the type of weather or climate variation used, and the pros and cons of the approach …