The use of cross-sectional analysis to measure climate impacts on agriculture: Theory and evidence

Review of Environmental Economics and Policy

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 280-298

  Mendelsohn, Robert O ^a   Massetti, Emanuele ^b  

^a Yale University   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 85028360535     PISSN: 17506816     EISSN: 17506824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/reep/rex017     Document Type: Article

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