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dc.contributor.authorHovdahl, Isabel
dc.date.accessioned2020-02-26T15:03:57Z
dc.date.available2020-02-26T15:03:57Z
dc.date.issued2020-02-02
dc.identifier.issn1892-2198
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/2644047
dc.description.abstractWhile economists have focused on the effect of mean temperatures on mortality, climate scientists have emphasized that global warming might not only lead to an increase in mean temperatures, but can potentially also affect temperature variability. This is the first paper to estimate the causal effect of temperature variability on mortality. Using monthly state level data for the US in the period 1969-2004, I offer three main results: (1) Increased monthly temperature variability causes increased mortality, (2) omitting the effect of temperature variability on mortality can severely bias our predictions on the number of temperature-induced fatalities caused by global warming, and (3) adaptation to increased temperature variability is more difficult than adaptation to increased mean temperatures.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherBI Norwegian Business Schoolen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesCAMP Working Paper Series;01/2020
dc.subjectGlobal warmingen_US
dc.subjectmortalityen_US
dc.subjecttemperature variabilityen_US
dc.titleDeadly Variation: The Effect of Temperature Variability on Mortalityen_US
dc.typeWorking paperen_US
dc.source.pagenumber58en_US
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