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Selected coverage: The Conversation, NPR, BBC, Wired, Reuters, FastCompany, Berkeley CDSS
Guanghua Chi, Han Fang, Sourav Chatterjee and Joshua E. Blumenstock, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2022)
Joshua E. Blumenstock, Michael Callen, Tarek Ghani and Robert Gonzalez, Review of Economics and Statistics (2022)
Cornelia Ilin, Sébastien Annan-Phan, Xiao Hui Tai, Shikhar Mehra, Solomon Hsiang & Joshua E. Blumenstock, Nature Scientific Reports (2021)
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Almås, Auffhammer, Bold, Bolliger, Dembo, Hsiang, Kitamura, Miguel, Pickmans, NBER Working Paper 25785 (2019)
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Code is posted here.
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Proctor, Hsiang, Burney, Burke, Schlenker, Nature (2018)
Link to paper (ungated here)
Resource page (FAQs, graphics, videos, data)
Selected coverage: The Washington Post, Scientific American, The Atlantic, Wired, New York, The Guardian, Axios, Science, Reuters
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Burke, Gonzalez, Baylis, Heft-Neal, Baysan, Basu, Hsiang, Nature Climate Change (2018)
Link to paper (ungated here)
Selected coverage: TIME, USA Today, Bloomberg, Scientific American, the Atlantic, SF Chronicle, CNN, World Economic Forum, Reuters, Technology Review, Fortune, Financial Times
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Graff Zivin, J. S.M. Hsiang, M. Neidell, Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (2018)
Coverage: Washington Post
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T Carleton, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2017)
Selected coverage: AP, Washington Post, The Guardian, National Geographic, The Indian Express, The Wire
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Hsiang, Kopp, Jina, Rising, Delgado, Mohan, Rasmussen, Muir-Wood, Wilson, Oppenheimer, Larsen, Houser, Science (2017)
Perspective commentary by Billy Pizer
Resource page (simplified data output)
Full data archive
Selected coverage: Economist, NYT, Atlantic, AP, WP, TIME, USA Today, NPR, CBS, Newsweek, Reuters, Forbes
![The Marginal Product of Climate](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55667009e4b04bbb290cc837/1512439682408-G0S6C66RY6QIS2H0L4IR/Deryugina_Hsiang.jpg)
Deryugina, T., & S. Hsiang, NBER Working Paper 24072 (2016)
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F. González, Job Market Paper (2016)
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T.A. Carleton & S.M. Hsiang, Science (2016)
Coverage: Bloomberg, Xinhua, ClimateWire, NPR, Quartz, Chile Sustentable, Vvox, Guinee28, Afrique Expansion, East Online,
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S. Hsiang & N. Sekar, NBER working paper 22314 (2016)
Replication files (Stata)
Excel replication file for main result
Blog posts explaining paper and responding to critiques: response to Underwood I, response to Underwood II, response to World Bank blog, response to CITES Technical Advisory Group
New York Times editorial discussing findings
Contributed Op-Ed to Guardian debate
CITES CoP17 Information Document 96 we wrote submitted by Kenya: Evidence should be used in the global management of endangered species: A reply to the CITES Technical Advisory Group
Description of paper's impact on CoP 17 ivory legalization decision
Coverage: The Guardian, Washington Post, Newsweek, Xinhua, Forbes, NBER Digest, Voice of America China, News24, The Citizen, The Conversation, Observer,
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S.M. Hsiang & A.H. Sobel, Scientific Reports (2016)
Coverage: Washington Post, Scientific American, Xinhua, Radio Santiago, GreenReport.it, TeInteresa.es, América Economíca, SinEmbargo.mx, Piac és Profit
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Hsiang, S.M., Annual review of Resource Economics (2016)
![Opportunities for advances in climate change economics](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55667009e4b04bbb290cc837/1460695093614-VWOUZIVMNBPTYKXEG89O/image-asset.jpeg)
Burke, M., M. Craxton, C. D. Kolstad, C. Onda, H. Allcott, E. Baker, L. Barrage, R. Carson, K. Gillingham, J. Graf-Zivin, M. Greenstone, S. Hallegatte, W.M. Hanemann, G. Heal, S. Hsiang, B. Jones, D. L. Kelly, R. Kopp, M. Kotchen, R. Mendelsohn, K. Meng, G. Metcalf, J. Moreno-Cruz, R. Pindyck, S. Rose, I. Rudik, J. Stock, R. S. J. Tol, Science (2016)
![Temperature and Temperament: Evidence from a billion tweets](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55667009e4b04bbb290cc837/1462289559034-7WCLMFXBENMTRR52BSCZ/Patrick_Baylis_Tweets.jpg)
Baylis, P. (2015)
Blogs: Energy Institute, G-FEED, Marginal Revolution
Press: Popular Science, Washington Post, Time, Weather Channel, Berkeley News, UC Newsroom, ChicagoInno
![Distorted Quality Signals in School Markets](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55667009e4b04bbb290cc837/1470629865819-MGRG98TYRXRYDBVM3GFQ/schools.jpg)
J.I. Cuesta, F. González, C. Larroulet, Working Paper (2016)
![Losing Your Dictator: Firms During Political Transition](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55667009e4b04bbb290cc837/1462294726491-8FXHBE5LWX5XSAQKN2GT/Network_Firms.jpg)
F. González, M. Prem, Working Paper (2016)
![Start-Up Nation? Slave Wealth and Entrepreneurship in Civil War Maryland](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55667009e4b04bbb290cc837/1462293462984-C6I1ST0M1QHW6AI4HJCG/Report_Slaveowner_clean.jpg)
F. González, G. Marshall, S. Naidu, Journal of Economic History, forthcoming
NBER Working Paper 22483
Blogs: Marginal Revolution
![Tropical Cyclones: From the Influence of Climate to Their Socioeconomic Impacts](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55667009e4b04bbb290cc837/1452626817927-CXRD1I8I8ERVFDZZGWDS/image-asset.jpeg)
Camargo, S, SM Hsiang (2015) in Extreme Events: Observations, Modeling, and Economics Ed. Chavez, Ghil, & Urrutia-Fucugauchi
![Global Non-linear Effect of Temperature on Economic Production](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55667009e4b04bbb290cc837/1445413327644-TOB9ELWUW5FV9HTFS49O/image-asset.jpeg)
Burke, M, SM Hsiang, E Miguel, Nature (2015)
Nature News and Views by Thomas Sterner
Globe images of temperature and night-lights
Coauthor Ted Miguel presents results at the World Bank (Video)
Coverage: Nature, the Economist, NPR (radio), the Atlantic, AP, NYT, Reuters (video), LA Times, PBS, Financial Times, TIME, Technology Review, Fast Company, MSNBC, Washington Post, Bloomberg, Le Monde, Daily Mail, Fortune, World Economic Forum, MSNBC (video), Christian Science Monitor, Wired, Sydney Morning Herald, Le Scienze, Frankfurter Allgemeine, CBC (video), Vox, Guardian, Le Figaro, US News, Japan Times, China Daily, Khaleej Times, ABP, Quartz, Mashable, 250+ other outlets
![Economic Risks of Climate Change: An American Prospectus](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55667009e4b04bbb290cc837/1441348499742-54NGTE0XWX5NOCPUCB99/economicrisksofclimatechange.jpg)
Houser, T., R. Kopp, S.M. Hsiang, M. Delgado, A.S. Jina, K. Larsen, M. Mastrandrea, S. Mohan, R. Muir-Wood, DJ Rasmussen, J. Rising, P. Wilson, Columbia University Press (2015)
Climateprospectus.org (data, figures, more info)
UCTV interview about the project (28 min)
Coverage: The Economist, Bloomberg, New York Times (also, also), Wall Street Journal, Financial Times (also), Forbes, Reuters, TIME, Washington Post, National Geographic, NPR (also), Wired, Technology Review, Eos, 400+ other outlets.
![Climate and Conflict](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55667009e4b04bbb290cc837/1441348891135-BZ1LLG0939Z02KVAWFRE/hsiang_burke_miguel.jpg)
Burke, M, SM Hsiang, E Miguel, Annual Review of Economics (2015)
Coverage: Washington Post, Grist, Grist (video), VICE, NBER Digest, Think Progress, La Repubblica, Clean Technica
![Geography, Depreciation, and Growth](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55667009e4b04bbb290cc837/1434157564485-IRGEALM49O318ZZH4T0B/image-asset.jpeg)
![War and local collective action in Sierra Leone: A comment on the use of coefficient stability approaches](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55667009e4b04bbb290cc837/1462295467275-GUCTN2XX4OHD67FPAKV9/Comment.jpg)
F. González, E. Miguel, Journal of Public Economics (2015)
![The Causal Effect of Environmental Catastrophe on Long-Run Economic Growth: Evidence From 6,700 Cyclones](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55667009e4b04bbb290cc837/1434156638013-PFQ4474COLNYVXMISWY3/EPA_logo.jpg)
Hsiang, S.M., A.S. Jina, NBER Working Paper 20352 (2014)
Coverage: The Economist, The Atlantic, Wall Street Journal, Climate Central, National Review, Business Insider, Marginal Revolution, Smartweek, Dinero
Awarded Quartz Chart of the Year 2014
![Does the Environment Still Matter? Daily Temperature and Income in the United States](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55667009e4b04bbb290cc837/1434156813282-POQLO1PR5BCCNGBPXXUK/image-asset.jpeg)
Deryugina, T., S.M. Hsiang, NBER Working Paper No. 20750 (2014)
Coverage: Associated Press, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, CBS, Boston Globe, Huffington Post, VOX, NBER Digest, International Business Times, Medical Daily, Five Thirty Eight, VICE, ClimateWire, Bangor Daily, Politico
![Reconciling climate-conflict meta-analyses: reply to Buhaug et al.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55667009e4b04bbb290cc837/1441349210356-1F0NMQ3AI4PJVZ88F4VW/image-asset.jpeg)
![Nonlinear permanent migration response to climatic variations but minimal response to disasters](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55667009e4b04bbb290cc837/1441349514701-44QYTB3FGIKYGOLKB2EI/image-asset.jpeg)
Bohra-Mishra, P, M Oppenheimer, SM Hsiang, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2014)
Coverage: Science, National Geographic, Scientific American, NPR
F. González, PLOS ONE (2015)
![Temperature and Violence](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55667009e4b04bbb290cc837/1441396398211-MQOTGQ5G4U83BN7E4LM9/image-asset.jpeg)
Cane, M.A., E. Miguel, M. Burke, S.M. Hsiang, D.B. Lobell, K.C. Meng, S. Satyanath, Nature Climate Change (2014)
![Climate, Conflict and Social Stability: What does the evidence say?](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55667009e4b04bbb290cc837/1441396429965-U9PLDIQ3U6NQOM3M44D4/image-asset.jpeg)
![Reconciling Temperature-conflict Results in Kenya](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55667009e4b04bbb290cc837/1441398789158-0QNH4RFJEKVJND3EPNVR/image-asset.jpeg)
Hsiang, S.M., M. Burke, E. Miguel, CEGA Working Paper 032 (2013)
![Reconciling disagreement over climate–conflict results in Africa](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55667009e4b04bbb290cc837/1441396679242-UAST9S6V5152CTSNY3GM/image-asset.jpeg)
Hsiang, SM, KC Meng, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2014)
![Quantifying the Influence of Climate on Human Conflict](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55667009e4b04bbb290cc837/1441398716140-RW8HKR2EWZZHYRL6ITGX/image-asset.jpeg)
Hsiang, SM, M Burke, E Miguel, Science (2013)
Presentation slides (PDF, 55M)
TED talk by coauthor Ted Miguel
Talk at UC Berkeley (25 min), Full academic talk at USGS (1 hr)
Press Releases: Princeton, Berkeley
Coverage: CNN (video, print), BBC World Service, BBC print, Economist, PBS Newshour, NPR Science Friday, Associated Press, AFP, National Geographic, Scientific American, Nature, Aljazeera, 100+ other outlets
Listed as one of Discover's top 100 Science stories in 2013
![Using Weather Data and Climate Model Output in Economic Analyses of Climate Change](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55667009e4b04bbb290cc837/1441396962321-3NEASBTV0AB5CWVQ2JSZ/image-asset.jpeg)
Auffhammer, M, SM Hsiang, W Schlenker, AH Sobel, Review of Environmental Economics and Policy (2013)
![Destruction, Disinvestment, and Death: Economic and Human Losses Following Environmental Disaster](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55667009e4b04bbb290cc837/1441397368976-UO4CXF06UX73GC71M5MF/image-asset.jpeg)
Anttila-Hughes JK, SM Hsiang, SSRN Working Paper (2012)
4-minute video summary (Berkeley Institute for Data Science Launch event)
Presentation slides (PDF, 16M)
Nontechnical description on our blog
Coverage: Wall Street Journal, CNN, the Atlantic, Slate, the Guardian, Yahoo News, New Scientist, California Magazine, Inter Press Service, Southern California Public Radio
![Visually-Weighted Regression](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55667009e4b04bbb290cc837/1441397555806-DTQVXK99OXW7DEC7TFXM/image-asset.jpeg)
Hsiang, SM (2012)
Code to produce visually-weighted nonparametric regression in Matlab and Stata (zipped, also contains replication code)
![Adaptation to Cyclone Risk: Evidence from the Global Cross-Section](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55667009e4b04bbb290cc837/1441398012833-4ITUKH25VVU4JYUFFYVW/image-asset.jpeg)
Hsiang, S.M., D. Narita, Climate Change Economics (2012)
Nontechnical description in Earth Magazine
Coverage: Chazen Global Insights
![Civil Conflicts are associated with the global climate](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55667009e4b04bbb290cc837/1441398360795-Y5X4ZX3MIT5IDUKXOOYU/image-asset.jpeg)
Hsiang, SM, KC Meng, MA Cane, Nature (2011)
News and Views by Andrew Solow
Supplementary Information Appendix (6M)
replication data and code (zipped, runs in STATA 11) (CSV, data only)
table of teleconnected and weakly-affect countries with GWNO codes (CSV, STATA)
grid of pixel assignments to teleconnected or weakly-affected coding (MATLAB, EXCEL, CSV) to remake Figure 1A
Google Earth file of ENSO teleconnections (data on cover image)
video to visualize ENSO teleconnections (MOV [10M], YouTube), PDF of images (10M)
Selected coverage: NPR, The Economist, BBC (World Service, print, BBC4), Washington Post, Financial Times, The New York Times, The Guardian, CNN, TIME, CBC (print, radio), Reuters, AFP, Technology Review, The Independent, Voice of America, The World, Slate, Scientific American, The Australian, Guangming Daily, L'Express, La Stampa, Spiegel, Época, ABC, Science, Nature Climate Change, Significance Magazine, Global Post, other coverage (press release)
![Can Land Reform Avoid a Left Turn? Evidence from Chile after the Cuban Revolution](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55667009e4b04bbb290cc837/1462297825369-KXHX9SGTCAZO6XTYK535/land.jpg)
F. González, The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy (2013)
![Temperatures and cyclones strongly associated with economic production in the Caribbean and Central America](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55667009e4b04bbb290cc837/1441397803026-OBP7DA5GZ7OF7T7I11EM/image-asset.jpeg)
Hsiang, SM, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2010)
my nontechnical description on my blog
my nontechnical description in Earth Magazine
description of the LICRICE tropical cyclone model
Coverage: The Economist, The Washington Post, US News & World Report, Mother Jones, The Monkey Cage
![Local Impacts of Trade Liberalization: Evidence from the Chilean Agricultural Sector](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55667009e4b04bbb290cc837/1462298155058-BIHA6XAATCEM1VFHYQAA/trade.jpg)
J.I. Cuesta, F. Gallego, F. González, In Economic Policy in Emerging-Market Economies (2015)