Socioeconomic patterns in climate data

Journal of Economic and Social Measurement

Volumn 35, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 149-175

  McKitrick, Ross ^a   Nierenberg, Nicolas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b Nierenberg Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

data quality; economic activity; Global warming; spatial autocorrelation

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; DATA SET; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; GLOBAL WARMING; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SOCIOECONOMIC SURVEY; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TREND ANALYSIS; URBANIZATION;

EID: 79551707754     PISSN: 07479662     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JEM-2010-0336     Document Type: Article

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