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Estimating the Economic Impacts of Climate Change Using Weather Observations
Kolstad, Charles D. - 2019
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012479492
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Temperature Extremes Impact Mortality and Morbidity Differently
Gould, Carlos F.; Heft-Neal, Sam; Heaney, Alexandra K.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
Increased temperature-related mortality is predicted to be one of the largest contributors to future economic damages from climate change globally, with declines in cold-related deaths in some regions outweighed by increases in heat-related deaths in others. Changes in temperature could also...
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The Impact of Climate Change on Mortality in the United States : Benefits and Costs of Adaptation
Deschênes, Olivier - National Bureau of Economic Research - 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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Temperature and Local Industry Concentration
Ponticelli, Jacopo; Xu, Qiping; Zeume, Stefan - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
We use plant-level data from the US Census of Manufacturers to study the short and long run effects of temperature on manufacturing activity. We document that temperature shocks significantly increase energy costs and lower the productivity of small manufacturing plants, while large plants are...
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Long-Range Forecasts As Climate Adaptation : Experimental Evidence From Developing-Country Agriculture
Burlig, Fiona; Jina, Amir; Kelley, Erin M.; Lane, Gregory V. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
Climate change increases weather variability, exacerbating agricultural risk in poor countries. Risk-averse farmers are …
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Do Firms Mitigate Climate Impact on Employment? Evidence from US Heat Shocks
Acharya, Viral V.; Bhardwaj, Abhishek; Tomunen, Tuomas - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
How do firms mitigate the impact of rising temperatures on employment? Using establishment-level data, we show that firms operating in multiple counties in the United States respond to heat shocks by reducing employment in the affected locations and increasing it in unaffected locations, whereas...
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Learning, Catastrophic Risk and Ambiguity in the Climate Change Era
Moore, Frances - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
Key methodologies used for managing weather risks have relied on the assumption that climate is not changing and that … the historic weather record is therefore representative of current risks. Anthropogenic climate change upends this … distribution, with associated costs for weather risk management and risk-averse decision-makers. These costs result purely from the …
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Firm Adaptation to Climate Change
Grover, Arti; Kahn, Matthew E. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
We survey the microeconomics literature that studies how firms in the developing world are adapting to extreme weather …
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Estimating the Consequences of Climate Change from Variation in Weather
Lemoine, Derek - 2018
I formally relate the consequences of climate change to the time series variation in weather extensively explored by … reduced-form weather regressions. Applying this new method, I find that an additional 2°C of global warming would reduce …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012480661
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Winter is Coming : The Long-Run Effects of Climate Change on Conflict, 1400-1900
Iyigun, Murat - 2017
We investigate the long-run effects of cooling on conflict. We construct a geo-referenced and digitized database of conflicts in Europe, North Africa, and the Near East from 1400-1900, which we merge with historical temperature data. We show that cooling is associated with increased conflict....
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