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historical conditions--such as climate, access to water transportation, and early legal systems--impacted political and judicial … institutions and economic growth. The book shows how a state's geography and climate influenced whether elites based their wealth …
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This paper documents that seasonal temperatures have significant and systematic effects on the U.S. economy, both at the aggregate level and across a wide crosssection of economic sectors. This effect is particularly strong for the summer: an increase of 1°F in the average summer temperature is...
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48 contiguous US states after 1990; before 1990 there is no correlation between growth and lightning. Other climate …
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