Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/216589 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 8193
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
Extreme weather may give rise to the relocation of economic activity towards nearby locations. But how are the economic effects of weather events transmitted between locations? And, which role does the interconnection of small economic units play? This paper takes a granular approach to identify the role of connectivity on economic activity due to severe weather. We combine a 0.5°×0.5° grid-cell level dataset on economic activity and weather events with global geographic information on national borders and road networks. We first explore how a potential disruption of connectivity through an international border affects local spillovers in case of a weather shock. Second, we use road infrastructure as a proxy for overall connectivity to explore how this affects the diversion of economic activity across local economic units. Results suggest that international borders limit economic relocation due to extreme weather to domestic neighboring cells. The existence of major road infrastructure between locations is key to the relocation of economic activity due to a weather event. Without a transport network, spillovers between local economic units do, on average, not exist or are at least very limited and costly to implement.
Subjects: 
light emission
weather
connectivity
border effect
road network
JEL: 
F15
O18
Q54
R11
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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