Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/282367 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 10679
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
Quantifying factors giving rise to temporal variation in forest fires is important for advancing scientific understanding and improving fire prevention. We demonstrate that eighty percent of the large year-to-year variation in forest area burned in California can be accounted for by variation in temperature, precipitation, housing construction, electricity transmission, and ocean surface temperatures in the North Atlantic, North Pacific, and Equatorial Pacific. California is of particular interest because of its large acreage burned and proximity of fires to human populations. We believe our model is the first unified treatment of climatic factors and human activities that affect forest area burned.
Subjects: 
forest fires
climate
human activities
ocean surface temperatures
JEL: 
H
Q20
Q50
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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