The economic impacts of climate change: Evidence from agricultural output and random fluctuations in weather

American Economic Review

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 354-385

  Deschênes, Olivier ^a   Greenstone, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 35448996553     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.97.1.354     Document Type: Article

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