In this paper we show that temperature is an aggregate risk factor that adversely affects economic growth. Our argument is based on evidence from global capital markets which shows that the covariance between country equity returns and temperature (i.e., temperature betas) contains sharp...

In this paper we show that temperature is an aggregate risk factor that adversely affects economic growth. Our argument is based on evidence from global capital markets which shows that the covariance between country equity returns and temperature (i.e., temperature betas) contains sharp...

There are long-standing debates in the financial economics literature regarding long-run risks, return seasonality, the impact of weather and the impact of climate. By disentangling the data into different frequencies this paper contributes several results to these topics. I find significant...