Impacts of climate change on agriculture: Evidence from China

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management

Volumn 76, Issue , 2016, Pages 105-124

  Chen, Shuai ^a   Chen, Xiaoguang ^b   Xu, Jintao ^c  

^a Peking University   (China)

^b SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Agriculture; China; Climate change; Corn and soybeans; Crop yields; Temperature

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CROPS; GLOBAL WARMING; LOSSES; METEOROLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

CHINA; CLIMATE IMPACTS; CORN AND SOYBEANS; CROP YIELD; ECONOMIC SECTORS; HIGH QUALITY DATA; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; RIGOROUS METHODOLOGIES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CROP YIELD; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GLOBAL WARMING; MAIZE; METHODOLOGY; SOYBEAN; YIELD RESPONSE;

CHINA;

GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84923482529     PISSN: 00950696     EISSN: 10960449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2015.01.005     Document Type: Article

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