Motivations for local climate adaptation in Dutch municipalities: climate change impacts and the role of local-level government [PDF]
, 2009 The local government level is considered to be crucial in preparing society for climate change impact. Yet little is known about why local authorities do or do not take action to adapt their community for climate change impacts.
Berg, Maya M. van den
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STRUCTURING INSTITUTIONS TO SHARE LOCAL WEATHER RISK GLOBALLY [PDF]
This paper envisions the national weather index as an efficient instrument to hedge the agricultural risk. The theoretical framework is established based on the partition of risk and the cost minimization.
Hao, Jianqiang, Skees, Jerry R.
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Determinants of Agricultural Disaster Payments in the Southeastern U.S.: County Level Analysis [PDF]
Using county level data we study if weather and climate variables or variables used as proxies for rent-seeking behavior determine disaster payment in the Southeast. We do not find evidence of rent-seeking but find that, in addition to weather, long term
Nadolnyak, Denis A., Novak, James L.
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Model based Monte Carlo pricing of energy and temperature quanto options [PDF]
Weather derivatives have become very popular tools in weather risk management in recent years. One of the elements supporting their diffusion has been the increase in volatility observed on many energy markets.
Caporin, Massimiliano +2 more
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Weather Cycles, Production Yields and Georgia's Muscadine [PDF]
This paper looks at the relationship between weather, crop yield, and market price of muscadines using a dynamic panel data that spans from the 2000 to 2005 and across the state of Georgia.
Escalante, Cesar L. +2 more
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Not so little differences: variation in hot weather risk to young children in New York City. [PDF]
Public Health, 2018 Sheffield PE +3 more
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Pricing Weather Derivatives [PDF]
This paper presents a general method for pricing weather derivatives. Specification tests find that a temperature series for Fresno, California follows a mean-reverting Brownian motion process with discrete jumps and ARCH errors.
Manfredo, Mark R. +2 more
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Extreme Weather and Poverty Risk
, 2018 This paper investigates the effects of multiple weather shocks on household welfare in Mozambique, as well as some of the coping responses and price mechanisms at play. The analysis employs a triple-difference strategy that exploits variation in the shocks across space, time, and cropping ...
Baez, Javier E. +2 more
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Measurement and Comparison of Risk Reduction by Means of Farm Yield, Area Yield, and Weather Index Crop Insurance Schemes - The Case of Kazakhstani Wheat Farms [PDF]
We analyse area yield insurance contracts and weather index insurance contracts in terms of risk reduction for wheat farms in Kazakhstan over the period 1980-2002.
Bokusheva, Raushan +2 more
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Meteorological ApplicationsSummer 2023 saw record high temperatures across several European countries with these heat events being unofficially dubbed Cerberus and Charon. This has led to discussion about whether naming severe heat events is an effective way to convey the risks ...
Barbara Summers +3 more
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