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Linn, Scott C.'s avatar

Matthew, nice piece. One additional point you can make is that 'correlation does not imply causation' and the identification of causation in any context is a non-trivial matter

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Matthew E. Kahn's avatar

Scott, I agree with you. Joe Tracy and I explore your point at length in this piece where we discuss the challenges with observational studies testing the claim that "heat kills".

https://www.aei.org/research-products/working-paper/a-prospective-economic-analysis-of-oshas-heat-injury-and-illness-prevention-rules/

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