What do we learn from the weather? The new climate-economy literature

Journal of Economic Literature

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 740-798

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

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 84907443137     PISSN: 00220515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jel.52.3.740     Document Type: Review

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