Climate Change and Economic Activity: Evidence from U.S. States | Kamiar Mohaddes / Ng, Ryan N. C. / Pesaran, M. Hashem / Raissi, Mehdi / Yang, Jui-Chung | #EconTwitter cesifo.org/en/publikation…

Wonderful to see our paper on the macroeconomic effects of #ClimateChange (see: doi.org/10.1016/j.enec…), with Matthew E. Kahn USC Economics, Ryan Ng CamEcon, Hashem Pesaran USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts & Sciences, Mehdi Raissi IMF & Jui-Chung Yang at NTU extensively referenced by the IPCC!

Wonderful to see our paper on the macroeconomic effects of #ClimateChange (using data from 174 countries over five decades) w/ Matthew E. Kahn USC Economics, Ryan Ng CamEcon, Hashem Pesaran, Mehdi Raissi IMF & Jui-Chung Yang at NTU as one of the most popular papers in #Energy Economics!

In its arrogance, Nature has refused to publish comments on Burke et al. The aggression of its authors notwithstanding, other journals have: sciencedirect.com/science/articl… sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Great to see the Congressional Research Service crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/… highlighting our work on macroeconomic effects of #ClimateChange (w/ Matthew E. Kahn USC Economics, R Ng CamEcon, Hashem Pesaran USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts & Sciences, Mehdi Raissi IMF & JC Yang NTU) doi.org/10.1016/j.enec… Library of Congress

Great to have our research on the macroeconomic effects of #ClimateChange (w/ Matthew E. Kahn USC Economics, R Ng CamEcon, Hashem Pesaran USC, Mehdi Raissi IMF & J-C Yang NTU) & green #innovation (w/ Zeina Hasna Selwyn College & Henry-James Hatton King's College, Cambridge) featured: cam.ac.uk/stories/drough…

Yes, they will! economist.com/leaders/2022/1… #MahsaAmini #WomanLifeFreedom #مهسا_امینی #زن_زندگی_آزادی

Excited to see our paper w/ R Ng CamEcon, Hashem Pesaran USC, Mehdi Raissi IMF & J-C Yang NTU published in Oxford Open Economics academic.oup.com/ooec/advance-a… We show that #ClimateChange, not just hot & dry but also cold & wet weather, negatively impacts 10 economic sectors in the US.

Investing in the Future: The IMF in Armenia civilnet.am/en/news/687928…

The month of Women’s Rights awareness campaign in #Armenia continues. “International Women’s Day is about #equality”, Mehdi Raissi, IMF Resident Representative in Armenia. #IWD2023 #PowerOn #SDG5 Joint GGF Fund UK in Armenia 🇬🇧 IMF

Great to see our work on the macroeconomic effects of #ElNiño (with Paul Cashin & Mehdi Raissi at IMF) covered by Mint: livemint.com/news/india/el-… Cambridge University The Janeway Institute Cambridge Judge

The program is up! Plz spread the word & invite colleagues to register for hybrid/in-person sessions: aea.am/annual-meeting… || #ArmEA23 The keynotes and their topics are: Branko Milanovic Oleg Itskhoki Mehdi Raissi & Fernando Broner (CREI, UPF, BSE), Ana Maria Herrera (U Kentucky)

𝐌𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢 • 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐎𝐟 𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞 (Entire video with commentary) 🎧 This new comp was made for Messi's 36th birthday. Thank you for everything, Leo! 🐐💙

Iran has some of the world's most ancient, important, and beautiful architecture. So here is a very brief introduction, from ziggurats and Zoroastrian fire temples to crystal mosques and the first ever churches...

Wonderful to see our paper on the long-term macroeconomic effects of Climate Change covered in the Financial Times Special Report Business School Insights by Andrew Jack: ft.com/content/279362… FT for Schools Cambridge Judge Joint work w/ Hashem Pesaran (USC, CESifo & Trinity College), Mehdi Raissi

New #KeynesFundResearch from Kamiar Mohaddes with Hashem Pesaran & Mehdi Raissi investigates the long-term macroeconomic effects of #climatechange across 174 countries (as well as U.S. sectors). Watch a 2-minute film & learn more about the project: youtube.com/watch?v=buZFhM… #EconTwitter

Happy New Year!! 🥳🎉🥳 We're pleased to release the latest version of the Global VAR (#GVAR) dataset, which includes quarterly macroeconomic variables for 33 economies over the 1979Q2 to 2023Q3 period, available from: mohaddes.org/gvar GVAR is a global modelling

We are delighted to have IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva visiting us King's College, Cambridge and discussing the legacy of JM Keynes and the future of the global economy with the Provost of King's @GillianTett on the 14 March. In-person and livestream tickets available here:

New CAMA WP (42/2024): ‘Rising Temperatures, Melting Incomes: Country-Specific Macroeconomic Effects of Climate Scenarios’, by Kamiar Mohaddes (Cambridge University) and Mehdi Raissi (IMF) both also at Cambridge #climaTRACES lab. Read it at: bit.ly/4caFi94 ANU Crawford School of Public Policy

JUST LAUNCHED: A new tool to help countries assess long-term climate change risks to public finances. Q-CRAFT – the Quantitative Climate Risk Assessment Fiscal Tool – is now available at imf.org/en/Topics/fisc…