Temperature shocks and economic growth: Evidence from the last half century

American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 66-95

  Dell, Melissa ^a   Jones, Benjamin F ^b   Olken, Benjamin A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84865191893     PISSN: 19457707     EISSN: 19457715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/mac.4.3.66     Document Type: Article

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