Combining granular daily data on temperatures across the continental United States with detailed establishment data from 1990 to 2015, we study the causal impact of temperature shocks on establishment sales and productivity. Using a large sample yielding precise estimates, we do not find evidence that temperature exposures significantly affect establishment-level sales or productivity, including among industries traditionally classified as “heat sensitive.” At the firm level, we find that temperature exposures aggregated across firm establishments are generally unrelated to sales, productivity, and profitability. Our results support existing findings of a tenuous relation between temperature and aggregate economic growth in rich countries.
Temperature Shocks and Establishment Sales
Jawad M. Addoum,David T. Ng,Ariel Ortiz-Bobea
Published 2020 in The Review of financial studies
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2020
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The Review of financial studies
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2020-02-14
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Economics, Environmental Science
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