**Table 4 Robustness checks, alternative specifications**

|Dep. Var. Δlog(GDP<br>p.c)|(1)|(2)|(3)|(4)|(5)|(6)|(7)|(8)|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||base|No oil<br>countries|No<br>US/China|Continent<br>Yr FE|Continent<br>Yr FE + no<br>Trend|Country<br>Trend - No<br>Yr FE|LDV 1 Lag|LDV 3 Lags|
|Dry(z<-1)|-0.5429***|-0.5092***|-0.5258***|-0.5293***|-0.5643***|-0.7250***|-0.4943***|-0.3112*|
||(0.125)|(0.128)|(0.146)|(0.114)|(0.120)|(0.130)|(0.129)|(0.138)|
|Wet(z>1)|0.2721*|0.2420+|0.4093*|0.2492+|0.1873|0.2446+|0.3214*|0.2903*|
||(0.137)|(0.139)|(0.169)|(0.134)|(0.132)|(0.148)|(0.137)|(0.136)|
|N|667981|532121|589933|667981|667981|667981|640152|584494|
|R-sq|0.305|0.319|0.207|0.368|0.342|0.269|0.306|0.274|

Notes: This table presents robustness checks for our main result presented in Table 1, column 6. Robustness checks are: Column 2: as in (1) but excluding the 10 major oil producing countries for which economic production is expected to be significantly less affected by weather. Column (3): as in (1) but excluding China and USA. Column (4): as in (1) but including a WB region Year FE instead of Year FE. Column (5): as in (4) but without country year trends. Column (6): as in (1) but without Year FE. Columns 7 and 8: as in (1) but including one lag and three lags of growth as in a Arellano Bond approach. Clustered standard errors at the Administrative 1 level in parentheses. *** p<0.001, ** p<0.01, * p<0.05, + p<0.1

**Table 5 Robustness checks, alternative specifications using GDP growth rate**

|Dep. Var. Δlog(GDP)|(1)|(2)|(3)|(4)|(5)|(6)|(7)|(8)|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||base|No oil<br>countries|No<br>US/China|Continent<br>Yr FE|Continent<br>Yr FE + no<br>Trend|Country<br>Trend - No<br>Yr FE|LDV 1 Lag|LDV 3 Lags|
|Dry(z<-1)|-0.5895***|-0.5590***|-0.5717***|-0.5759***|-0.6043***|-0.7692***|-0.5500***|-0.3512*|
||(0.127)|(0.131)|(0.150)|(0.118)|(0.125)|(0.131)|(0.132)|(0.137)|
|Wet(z>1)|0.2876*|0.2512+|0.4312*|0.2660*|0.2051|0.2548+|0.3395*|0.3045*|
||(0.137)|(0.138)|(0.168)|(0.133)|(0.132)|(0.147)|(0.138)|(0.135)|
|N|667879|532039|589831|667879|667879|667879|640052|584394|
|R-sq|0.290|0.296|0.224|0.355|0.327|0.254|0.291|0.256|

Notes: This table presents robustness checks for our main result presented in Table 1, column 6 but replaces the GDP pc growth rate with the GDP growth rate. Column 2: as in (1) but excluding the 10 major oil producing countries for which economic production is expected to be significantly less affected by weather. Column (3): as in (1) but excluding China and USA. Column (4): as in (1) but including a WB region Year FE instead of Year FE. Column (5): as in (4) but without country year trends. Column (6): as in (1) but without Year FE. Columns 7 and 8: as in (1) but including one lag and three lags of growth as in a Arellano Bond approach. Clustered standard errors at the Administrative 1 level in parentheses. *** p<0.001, ** p<0.01, * p<0.05, + p<0.1

**Table 6 Robustness checks, alternative specifications using SPEI**

|Dep. Var. Δlog(GDP<br>p.c)|(1)|(2)|(3)|(4)|(5)|(6)|(7)|(8)|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||base|No oil<br>countries|No<br>US/China|Continent<br>Yr FE|Continent<br>Yr FE + no<br>Trend|Country<br>Trend - No<br>Yr FE|LDV 1 Lag|LDV 3 Lags|
|Dry(spei<-1)|-0.3279*|-0.3251*|-0.3848*|-0.3253*|-0.3751**|-0.4268*|-0.3480*|-0.3818**|
||(0.150)|(0.157)|(0.179)|(0.136)|(0.124)|(0.171)|(0.152)|(0.135)|
|Wet(spei>1)|0.0888|-0.0575|0.2805+|0.1174|0.1315|0.1182|0.1268|0.2078|
||(0.125)|(0.125)|(0.147)|(0.127)|(0.125)|(0.144)|(0.122)|(0.134)|
|N|666383|530645|588383|666383|666383|666383|638619|583091|
|R-sq|0.302|0.316|0.203|0.365|0.341|0.266|0.302|0.271|

Notes: This table presents robustness checks for our main result presented in Table 1, column 6 but replaces rainfall shocks with SPEI shocks. Column 2: as in (1) but excluding the 10 major oil producing countries for which economic production is expected to be significantly less affected by weather. Column (3): as in (1) but excluding China and USA. Column (4): as in (1) but including a WB region Year FE instead of Year FE. Column (5): as in (4) but without country year trends. Column (6): as in (1) but without Year FE. Columns 7 and 8: as in (1) but including one lag and three lags of growth as in a Arellano Bond approach. Clustered standard errors at the Administrative 1 level in parentheses. *** p<0.001, ** p<0.01, * p<0.05, + p<0.1