Consumption, production, and investment decisions of individuals, households, and firms often affect people not directly involved in the transactions. Sometimes these indirect effects are tiny. But ...

Wine growers everywhere fear spring frosts. New vine buds emerge in the spring and are highly susceptible to freezing temperatures which can kill them and result in significant crop loss for the year.

This paper examines the effect of energy production on health using a recent strike that affected oil refineries in France as a natural experiment. First, we show that the temporary reduction in ...