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Weather Conditions and Economic Growth - Is Productivity Hampered by Climate Change?

Climate change researchers predict a dramatic increase in global average temperature over the next decades. We use past temperature and precipitation fluctuations to investigate whether changes in temperature and precipitation are associated with decreases in economic growth. A GMM panel regression is used to analyze the effects of the average yearly heat index and precipitation on economic growth in 105 countries for the time period 1991-2009.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: Working Papers on Innovation and Space ; No. 06.14

Classification
Wirtschaft
Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
Economic Development: Agriculture; Natural Resources; Energy; Environment; Other Primary Products
General Aggregative Models: General
Single Equation Models; Single Variables: Panel Data Models; Spatio-temporal Models
Subject
national growth
heat
average yearly temperature
growth effects
panel GMM

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Brenner, Thomas
Lee, Daniel
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Philipps-University Marburg, Department of Geography
(where)
Marburg
(when)
2014

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Object type

  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Brenner, Thomas
  • Lee, Daniel
  • Philipps-University Marburg, Department of Geography

Time of origin

  • 2014

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