Global non-linear effect of temperature on economic production

Nature

Volumn 527, Issue 7577, 2015, Pages 235-239

  Burke, Marshall ^a   Hsiang, Solomon M ^b,c   Miguel, Edward ^c,d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; GLOBAL CHANGE; TEMPERATURE;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLD; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HEAT; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION; AGRICULTURE; CLIMATE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; INCOME; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TEMPERATURE; TIME; TRENDS;

AGRICULTURE; CLIMATE; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EFFICIENCY; GLOBAL WARMING; INCOME; INTERNATIONALITY; MODELS, ECONOMIC; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84946934947     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature15725     Document Type: Article

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