The Effect of Climate Change on Rice Yields in Korea
- 주제(키워드) climate change , rice yields , South Korea , Panel Data
- 발행기관 서강대학교 일반대학원
- 지도교수 홍석철
- 발행년도 2012
- 학위수여년월 2012. 2
- 학위명 석사
- 학과 및 전공 일반대학원 경제학과
- 실제URI http://www.dcollection.net/handler/sogang/000000047307
- 본문언어 한국어
- 저작권 서강대학교 논문은 저작원 보호를 받습니다.
초록/요약
We measure the impact of climate on rice yields in Korea. We use panel data on weather and farm output for 164 counties from 1996 to 2009. Using fixed effect estimation, we find that higher temperatures in the third quarter (May~July) and more precipitation in all quarters reduce average rice yields. Regarding weather variation, more variations of precipitation in the second and third quarters (February~July) substantially reduces rice yields. The findings in this paper suggest that climate change, due to global warming, may negatively affect rice yields in Korea. Because of such a significant reduction of rice supplies, this can lead to social welfare loss.
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