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There is limited public discourse and understanding about the history and science of weather and climate intervention … climate intervention with the aim of answering the question: Why aren't more economists interested in evaluating weather and …, though scientists have researched, tested and implemented numerous methods of weather modification for six decades. Also …
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We estimate the impact of temperatures on work-related accident rates in Italy by using daily data on weather … relies on the plausible exogeneity of short-term daily temperature variations in a given spatial unit. We find that both high … weather conditions on work-related accident rates is larger for men, in manufacturing and service sectors, and for workplace …
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According to the economic approach to political transitions, negative transitory economic shocks can open a window of opportunity for democratic change. Testing the theory requires a source of transitory shocks to the aggregate economy. We rely on rainfall shocks in Sub-Saharan African...
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climate change and extreme events on economic growth in Africa. Our results show that a 1 0 Celsius increase in temperature … leads to 1.58 percentage points decline in economic growth while temperature shock reduces economic growth by 3 …This paper examines the impact of temperature and rainfall volatility on economic growth in 46 African countries. We …
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