Document Type

Article

Source of Publication

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management

Publication Date

9-1-2023

Abstract

We develop a unifying approach to estimating climate impacts and adaptation, and apply it to study the impact of climate change on local air pollution. Economic agents are usually constrained when responding to daily weather shocks, but may adjust to long-run climatic changes. By simultaneously exploiting variation in weather and climate, we identify both the short- and long-run impacts on economic outcomes, and measure adaptation directly as the difference between those responses. As a result, we identify adaptation without making extrapolations of weather responses over time or space, and overcome omitted variable bias concerns from prior approaches.

ISSN

0095-0449

Publisher

Elsevier BV

Volume

121

First Page

102843

Last Page

102843

Disciplines

Business | Environmental Studies

Keywords

Q53, Q54, C51, Climate change estimation methods, Climate impacts, Adaptation, Local air pollution, Ambient ozone concentration, “climate penalty” on ozone

Indexed in Scopus

no

Open Access

yes

Open Access Type

Hybrid: This publication is openly available in a subscription-based journal/series

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