economic growth in Africa. Our econometric approach is based on a reduced-form model and takes account explicitly of parameter … heterogeneity and cross section dependence, relying on ARDL modelling and panel estimators with multifactor structures. We find … confirms that, by not controlling for cross section dependence, traditional panel estimators are likely to provide misleading …

climate change and extreme events on economic growth in Africa. Our results show that a 1 0 Celsius increase in temperature … approaches to climate change adaptation in Africa … employ the Bayesian hierarchical modeling approach which allows us to estimate both country level and Africa-wide impact of …

I propose a new conceptual framework to disentangle the impacts of weather and climate on economic activity and growth …: A stochastic frontier model with climate in the production frontier and weather shocks as a source of inefficiency. I … variability. The climate effect is larger that the weather effect. …