Do geographical variations in climate influence life-satisfaction?

Climate Change Economics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Murray, Thomas ^a   Maddison, David ^b   Rehdanz, Katrin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c KIEL INSTITUTE FOR THE WORLD ECONOMY   (Germany)

Author keywords

climate; climate change; Europe; Life satisfaction; willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939892065     PISSN: 20100078     EISSN: 20100086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S2010007813500048     Document Type: Article

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