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. …

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. …

This paper provides an analysis of the impact of extraordinary climate shocks on the incidence of civil conflict using … cross-country panel data from Africa and the Middle East (1981 to 2015). We find that: (i) The estimated impact of climate … estimated impact of temperature growth 47%. (ii) We identified a direct impact of climate shocks on the incidence of civil …