The Effects of Weather Shocks on Economic Activity : What are the Channels of Impact? /

Global temperatures have increased at an unprecedented pace in the past 40 years. This paper finds that increases in temperature have uneven macroeconomic effects, with adverse consequences concentrated in countries with hot climates, such as most low-income countries. In these countries, a rise in...

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Auteur principal: Acevedo Mejia, Sebastian
Autres auteurs: Mrkaic, Mico, Novta, Natalija, Pugacheva, Evgenia
Format: Revue
Langue:English
Publié: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2018.
Collection:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2018/144
Accès en ligne:Full text available on IMF