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Effectiveness of Weather Derivatives as a Risk Management Tool in Food Retail: The Case of Croatia

International Journal of Financial Studies, 2017
Non-catastrophic weather risk is gaining importance as climate change becomes more pronounced and economic crisis forces companies to strengthen their cost control. Recent literature proposes weather derivatives as flexible weather risk mitigating tools.
Ivana Štulec
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Firm finances, weather derivatives and geography [PDF]

Geoforum, 2008
This paper considers some intellectual, practical and political dimensions of collaboration between human and physical geographers exploring how firms are using relatively new financial products – weather derivatives – to displace any costs of weather ...
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Customized yet Standardized Temperature Derivatives: A Non-Parametric Approach with Suitable Basis Selection for Ensuring Robustness

Energies, 2021
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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A Dynamic Programming Approach for Pricing Weather Derivatives under Issuer Default Risk

International Journal of Financial Studies, 2017
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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Managing Dairy Profit Risk Using Weather Derivatives

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2006
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, Matthew C. Roberts, Cameron S. Thraen   +2 more
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Application of weather derivatives in the textile industry [PDF]

Tekstilna industrija
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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Weather Derivatives: Usage Possibilities for the Lithuanian Economy

Lithuanian Journal of Statistics, 2010
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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Hedging Wind Power Risk Exposure through Weather Derivatives

Energies, 2022
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, Marco Micocci, Andrea Rizk   +2 more
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The role of weather derivatives in agricultural risk management of Uzbekistan [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences
Uzbekistan’s agricultural sector faces significant challenges from climate change, with unpredictable weather patterns impacting crop yields and jeopardizing food security.
Rasulov Abdujabar, Abdulakimova Mokhina, Kurbonov Shaydobek, Rakhmatov Maxmadrasul   +3 more
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Application of air derivative financial instruments in Lithuanian economy

Mokslas: Lietuvos Ateitis, 2020
The paper explores the concept of weather derivatives: what it is, what its features are, and in what areas they can be applied. It has been established that there can be several types of weather derivative instruments – options and swaps.
Ernesta Latvytė, Raimonda Martinkutė-Kaulienė   +1 more
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