Could Weather Fluctuations Affect Local Economic Growth? Evidence from Counties in the People's Republic of China
This paper uses historical fluctuations of weather variables within counties in the People's Republic of China to identify their effects on economic growth from 1996 to 2012. We find three primary results. First, higher temperatures significantly reduce the growth rate of county-level gross dom...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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World Scientific Publishing
2020-09-01
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| Series: | Asian Development Review |
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| Online Access: | https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/10.1162/adev_a_00154 |