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The Economic Impacts of Climate Change: Evidence from Agricultural Output and Random Fluctuations in Weather

Summary/Abstract

This paper measures the economic impact of climate change on US agricultural land by estimating the effect of random year-to-year variation in temperature and precipitation on agricultural profits.

Oliver Deschênes & Michael Greenstone, The Economic Impacts of Climate Change: Evidence from Agricultural Output and Random Fluctuations in Weather, 102 AM. ECON. REV. 3761 (2012)

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March 2007
Oliver Deschênes, Michael Greenstone
The American Economic Review
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North America, United States
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