Global non-linear effect of temperature on economic production

Marshall Burke (), Solomon M. Hsiang and Edward Miguel
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Marshall Burke: Stanford University
Solomon M. Hsiang: Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California

Nature, 2015, vol. 527, issue 7577, 235-239

Abstract: Economic productivity is shown to peak at an annual average temperature of 13 °C and decline at high temperatures, indicating that climate change is expected to lower global incomes more than 20% by 2100.

Date: 2015
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