Table 4

Selected Coefficient Estimates

Census Division Fixed EffectsProvincial Fixed EffectsBase
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)
Temperature (°C)
 January25.678***30.160***47.401***36.551***30.999***23.449***
(1.933)(1.898)(1.218)(1.213)(1.154)(1.177)
 January squared1.253***1.466***1.989***1.571***1.442***1.151***
(0.076)(0.076)(0.051)(0.050)(0.051)(0.053)
 April23.415***24.171***16.225***11.484***11.099***7.277***
(3.622)(3.558)(2.198)(2.150)(2.062)(2.092)
 April squared0.845*0.4580.685**1.353***1.837***2.359***
(0.338)(0.332)(0.229)(0.224)(0.210)(0.209)
 July−75.489***−74.964***−129.814***−118.521***−112.564***−117.735***
(11.626)(11.214)(8.496)(8.208)(8.212)(8.090)
 July squared1.916***2.083***3.722***3.364***2.782***2.854***
(0.325)(0.313)(0.245)(0.237)(0.240)(0.235)
 October29.544***16.803***78.684***45.820***96.737***75.814***
(3.470)(3.445)(2.499)(2.563)(2.570)(2.627)
 October squared−3.032***−2.440***−6.831***−4.826***−6.650***−5.334***
(0.276)(0.271)(0.166)(0.170)(0.167)(0.172)
Precipitation (mm)
 January0.655**0.521**2.522***2.279***2.257***2.110***
(0.207)(0.197)(0.144)(0.136)(0.120)(0.120)
 January squared−0.002−0.001−0.011***−0.010***−0.009***−0.008***
(0.001)(0.001)(0.001)(0.001)(0.001)(0.001)
 April2.307***2.254***0.937***0.834***2.755***2.036***
(0.264)(0.261)(0.202)(0.206)(0.197)(0.205)
 April squared−0.009***−0.009***0.000−0.000−0.005**−0.003
(0.002)(0.002)(0.002)(0.002)(0.002)(0.002)
 July3.231***1.742***3.978***2.235***2.672***1.451***
(0.320)(0.320)(0.163)(0.168)(0.157)(0.165)
 July squared−0.020***−0.012***−0.018***−0.013***−0.006***−0.003**
(0.002)(0.002)(0.001)(0.001)(0.001)(0.001)
 October−1.491***−0.749**−3.074***−1.985***−3.039***−1.824***
(0.249)(0.247)(0.169)(0.167)(0.154)(0.159)
 October squared0.002-0.0000.011***0.008***0.005***0.002
(0.002)(0.001)(0.001)(0.001)(0.001)(0.001)
Distance (km)
 Distance−0.283***−0.214***−0.183***
(0.011)(0.006)(0.006)
Census subdivision controlsYesYesYesYesYesYes
Soil quality controlsYesYesYesYesYesYes
Census division fixed effectsYesYes
Provincial fixed effectsYesYes
Year fixed effectsYesYesYesYesYesYes
Observations45,55245,55245,70645,70645,70645,706
R-squared0.8030.8070.7320.7420.7140.722
  • Note: Coefficients and standard errors are multiplied by 100. Robust standard errors are in parentheses. Models 1 and 2 omit census divisions with less than 10 observations. The coefficient estimates (× 100) of the squared distance variables in columns (2), (4), and (6) are 0.000130, 0.000118, and 0.000107, respectively, and all are significant at the 99.99% level.

  • * p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01; *** p < 0.001.