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Income insurance in sugar beet production with weather derivatives [PDF]
In the past, farmers have bought insurance for protection against fluctuations in crop yields caused by weather risks. Relatively new tools for risk management in plant production are weather derivatives. Although weather derivatives show many advantages
Marković Todor +2 more
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Forecast Based Pricing of Weather Derivatives [PDF]
Forecasting based pricing of Weather Derivatives (WDs) is a new approach in valuation of contingent claims on nontradable underlyings. Standard techniques are based on historical weather data. Forward-looking information such as meteorological forecasts or the implied market price of risk (MPR) are often not incorporated.
Wolfgang Karl Härdle +2 more
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A Dynamic Programming Approach for Pricing Weather Derivatives under Issuer Default Risk
Weather derivatives are contingent claims with payoff based on a pre-specified weather index. Firms exposed to weather risk can transfer it to financial markets via weather derivatives.
Wolfgang Karl Härdle, Maria Osipenko
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Hedging Wind Power Risk Exposure through Weather Derivatives
We introduce the industrial portfolio of a wind farm of a hypothetical company and its valuation consistent with the financial market. Next, we propose a static risk management policy originating from hedging against volumetric risk due to drops in wind ...
Giovanni Masala +2 more
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Density forecasting for weather derivative pricing [PDF]
Weather derivatives enable energy companies to protect themselves against weather risk. Weather ensemble predictions are generated from atmospheric models and consist of multiple future scenarios for a weather variable. They can be used to forecast the density of the payoff from a weather derivative.
Taylor J, Buizza R
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Managing Dairy Profit Risk Using Weather Derivatives
Weather conditions are a primary source of dairy production risk. Hot and humid weather induces heat stress, which reduces lactation. Heat abatement, such as ventilation, directly affects the temperature and humidity.
Gang Chen +2 more
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Application of weather derivatives in the textile industry [PDF]
The paper analyzes the possibilities and limitations of applying weather derivatives in the textile industry. Due to its strong seasonality and dependence on weather conditions, the clothing production and retail sector is particularly exposed to ...
Jakšić Mirjana
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Pricing weather derivatives in an uncertain environment
This article deals with the problem of finding a pricing formula for weather derivatives based on temperature dynamics through an uncertain differential equation.
Ali Zulfiqar, Hussain Javed, Bano Zarqa
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Weather Derivatives: Usage Possibilities for the Lithuanian Economy
The impact of weather on many commercial and recreational activities is significant and varies both geographically and seasonally. Many industries, including agriculture, energy, utility, construction, tourism and other businesses, are either favourably
Rūta Kropienė, Gžegož Jurgo
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Previous studies have demonstrated that non-parametric hedging models using temperature derivatives are highly effective in hedging profit/loss fluctuation risks for electric utilities.
Takuji Matsumoto, Yuji Yamada
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