Extreme weather events, mortality, and migration

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 659-681

  Deschênes, Olivier ^a   Moretti, Enrico ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 76649090608     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/rest.91.4.659     Document Type: Article

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