Does weather affect local economic growth? Evidence from the world’s most natural disaster-prone country
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DOI: 10.1017/s1355770x25100259
Abstract: Using novel nighttime lights and high-resolution atmospheric reanalysis, this paper exploits exogenous fluctuations in temperature and precipitation to identify the causal effects of weather disturbances on local economic growth in the Philippines – the world’s… read more here.
Keywords: local economic; world; disaster prone; prone country ... See more keywords