Clinical and experimental rationale for using phenylephrine with hypromellose for the treatment of extra accommodation strain in patients with myopia [PDF]
M.V. Makhova1, E.V. Shikh2, V.V. Strakhov1, D.S. Blinov3,4, G.K. Poluosmak2, E.V. Semeleva5, E.V. Blinova2,4 1Yaroslavl State Medical University, Yaroslavl, Russian Federation 2I.M.
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Financial Management of Weather Risk with Energy Derivatives [PDF]
In this paper we describe the major issues in the weather risk management. We focus on the management of financial risks connected with weather. We first provide a general discussion of the impact of weather on the economy.
Janda, Karel, Vylezik, Tomas
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"Credit Derivatives and Financial Fragility" [PDF]
On September 15, the Federal Reserve convened 14 large credit derivatives-dealer banks to an unusual meeting (Beales 2005b). The last such meeting occurred on September 16, 1998, in secret. At that time, a major financial institution was melting down and
Edward Chilcote
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HEDGING MAIZE YIELD WITH WEATHER DERIVATIVES [PDF]
This paper examines the feasibility of weather derivatives in the South African agricultural context by evaluating the merit of rainfall options as a yield risk management tool. The paper consists of three distinctive parts.
Geyser, J.M., van de Venter, T.W.G.
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OTC Derivatives Market in India: Recent Regulatory Initiatives and Open Issues for Market Stability and Development [PDF]
The OTC derivatives markets all over the world have shown tremendous growth inrecent years. In the wake of the present financial crisis, which is believed to have beenexacerbated by OTC derivatives, increasing attention is being paid to analysing ...
Francis Xavier Rathinam, Dayanand Arora
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How Much Do Banks Use Credit Derivatives to Reduce Risk? [PDF]
This paper examines the use of credit derivatives by US bank holding companies from 1999 to 2003 with assets in excess of one billion dollars. Using the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Bank Holding Company Database, we find that in 2003 only 19 large ...
Bernadette A. Minton +2 more
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Weather forecasting for weather derivatives : [revised version: January 2, 2004] [PDF]
We take a simple time-series approach to modeling and forecasting daily average temperature in U.S. cities, and we inquire systematically as to whether it may prove useful from the vantage point of participants in the weather derivatives market.
Diebold, Francis X., Campbell, Sean D.
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Extracting Information from the Market to Price the Weather Derivatives [PDF]
Weather derivatives were first launched in 1996 in the United-States to allow companies to protect themselves against weather fluctuations. Even now their valuation still remains tricky. Because their underlying is not a traded asset, the weather options
Hélène Hamisultane
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WEATHER DERIVATIVES AND SPECIFIC EVENT RISK [PDF]
This paper investigates the relationship between weather events and agricultural risks. Specific event risks are defined by outcomes related to a specific event such as low temperature and rainfall. Using Ontario data this paper describes specific events
Turvey, Calum G.
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Willingness to Pay for Weather Derivatives by Australian Wheat Farmers [PDF]
A theoretical optimal hedging model is developed to determine potential demand from Australian farmers for a hedging tool to remove the economic consequences of climate related variability in wheat yield.
Byrnes, Joel +2 more
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