Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/202518 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Series/Report no.: 
UPSE Discussion Paper No. 2018-02
Publisher: 
University of the Philippines, School of Economics (UPSE), Quezon City
Abstract: 
This paper investigates whether climate "shocks" (or short-term but sharp changes in climatic conditions), El Niño and La Niña, have significant impacts on inflation in the country. Using regional panel data and information from PAGASA, this study finds that both of these weather shocks have significant effects on the general price level in the Philippines, along with interest rate, foreign exchange, and unemployment rate. Further, the results also indicate that long-term changes in climatic conditions, specifically average temperature and rainfall, do not have any significant impacts on prices. These findings are consistent with the literature that point to the fact that successful adaptation to long-term changes in climatic conditions negates any potential negative impacts to the economy. The study concludes that adaptation must be expanded not only to respond to long-term changes in climatic conditions, but also to short-term but intense changes in temperature and rainfall.
Subjects: 
Inflation
El Niño
La Niña
climate change
JEL: 
Q10
Q11
Q54
E00
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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