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Climate change and the prospects for economic growth: How extreme weather events affect regime stability

Research project
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The Quality of Government institute
Project owner
Department of Political Science
Financier
Swedish Research Council
Area
Sustainability and environment Society and economy
Topic
Political Science (excluding Public Administration Studies and Globalization Studies) Public Administration Studies Globalization Studies

Short description

The overall objective of this project is to investigate how the prospects for economic growth are affected by climate change. While the set of mechanisms through which climate change may influence economic performance is extremely large and difficult to assess comprehensively (see Dell, Jones and Olken 2008), this particular project focuses on the effects of climate change on a factor said to be crucial for the economic growth of a country, namely regime stability.

Publications

Ahlerup, P., A. Sundström, S. Jagers and M. Sjöstedt (2024) “Climate Shocks, Regional Favoritism and Trust in Leaders: Insights from Droughts in Africa”, World Development. 

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