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Weather Shocks and Firm Exports in Developing Countries
[Chocs météorologiques et exportations des firmes dans les pays en développement]

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  • Clément Nedoncelle

    (UMR PSAE - Paris-Saclay Applied Economics - AgroParisTech - Université Paris-Saclay - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement)

  • Julien Wolfersberger

    (UMR PSAE - Paris-Saclay Applied Economics - AgroParisTech - Université Paris-Saclay - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement)

Abstract
In this paper, we study how weather shocks affect firm-level exports in low and middle income countries. While the impacts are negative on average, we find that large firms are significantly less affected. This feature is robust across sub-samples, specifications and confounding factors. We then examine the aggregate implications of these firm-level effects by studying changes in total exports under different climate scenarios by the end of the century. Results show that the overall trade-deterring effect of future weather conditions would be lower if there were more large firms in low and middle income countries. It suggests that the existing firm-size distribution may increase the aggregate cost of climate change.

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  • Clément Nedoncelle & Julien Wolfersberger, 2024. "Weather Shocks and Firm Exports in Developing Countries [Chocs météorologiques et exportations des firmes dans les pays en développement]," Working Papers hal-03753384, HAL.
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