Braun, Thomas; Schlenker, Wolfram - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
-difference estimator using a 59-year-long panel of weather records paired with the fraction of a county that is irrigated in 393 counties … seen less warming, especially of very hot temperatures, than what climate models project. Our findings highlight that … weather shocks in highly irrigated areas are not exogenous but are influenced by human responses in the form of irrigation …