Climate change and economic activity: Evidence from US states

Kamiar Mohaddes, Ryan N. C. Ng, Mohammad Pesaran, Mehdi Raissi and Jui-Chung Yang

CAMA Working Papers from Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis, Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University

Abstract: We investigate the long-term macroeconomic effects of climate change across 48 U.S. states over the period 1963 2016 using a novel econometric strategy which links deviations of temperature and precipitation (weather) from their long-term moving-average historical norms (climate) to various state-specific economic performance indicators at the aggregate and sectoral levels. We show that climate change has a long-lasting adverse impact on real output in various states and economic sectors, and on labour productivity and employment in the United States. Moreover, in contrast to most cross-country results, our within U.S. estimates tend to be asymmetrical with respect to deviations of climate variables (including precipitation) from their historical norms.

Keywords: Climate change; economic growth; adaptation; United States (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C33 O40 O44 O51 Q51 Q54 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 20 pages
Date: 2022-01
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Journal Article: Climate change and economic activity: evidence from US states (2023)
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Working Paper: Climate Change and Economic Activity: Evidence from U.S. States (2022)
Working Paper: Climate Change and Economic Activity: Evidence from U.S. States (2022)
Working Paper: Climate change and economic activity: evidence from US states (2022)
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