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Basis risk and weather hedging effectiveness [PDF]
Agricultural Finance Review, 2008 Basis risk – the risk that payoffs of a hedging instrument do not correspond to the underlying exposures – is cited as a primary concern for implementing weather data, we investigate several dimensions of weather basis risk in the U.S. corn market. Results suggest that while geographic basis risk can be significant, it should not preclude the use of ...
Woodard, Joshua D., Garcia, Philip
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Explaining the road accident risk: Weather effects [PDF]
Accident Analysis & Prevention, 2013 This research aims to highlight the link between weather conditions and road accident risk at an aggregate level and on a monthly basis, in order to improve road safety monitoring at a national level. It is based on some case studies carried out in Work Package 7 on "Data analysis and synthesis" of the EU-FP6 project "SafetyNet-Building the European ...
Bergel Hayat, Ruth +3 more
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Weather Value at Risk: On the Measurement of Noncatastrophic Weather Risk
Weather, Climate, and Society, 2012 AbstractAn evaluation of weather risk entails two important objectives: indicating the economic impact of weather variability and climate change, and evaluating the use of weather derivatives in weather risk reduction and climate change adaptation strategy.
Christoph Toeglhofer +2 more
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Maternal exposure to fine particulate matter and preterm birth and low birth weight in Africa
Environment International, 2022 Background: Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) exposure has been reported to adversely affect birth outcomes, but the evidence is limited, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). We assessed the associations between maternal PM2.5 exposure
Jovine Bachwenkizi +9 more
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Impact of Weather on Pedestrians’ Slip Risk [PDF]
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2022 Pedestrians’ slipping injuries are a very typical problem in the Nordic countries, causing varying degrees of injuries and in the worst case, long sick leaves. There is a clear seasonal variation in the number of slips. Sidewalk slipperiness and the risk of slips is a complex combination of weather, winter maintenance activities, number of walkers, and
Marjo Hippi, Markku Kangas
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Earth and Space Science, 2021 A multivariate functional principal component analysis approach to the full‐track simulation of tropical cyclones (TCs) is developed for risk assessment. Elemental variables of TC along the track necessary for risk assessment, such as center coordinates,
Chi Yang, Jing Xu, Jianming Yin
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Index Insurance as an Innovative Tool for Managing Weather Risks in the Agrarian Sector of Economics
Journal of Competitiveness, 2018 This article justifies the use of a new methodical approach to index insurance of agricultural producers against weather risks, in particular, the use of the thermal-hydraulic combined index (Іth) as the weather index of the effect of several triggers ...
Olena Prokopchuk +2 more
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Nature Communications, 2023 Limited knowledge exists regarding the ramifications of climate warming on death burden from neurodegenerative diseases. Here, we conducted a nationwide, individual-level, case-crossover study between 2013 and 2019 to investigate the effects of non ...
Peng Yin +7 more
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Weather risks in grain production
IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 2022 Abstract Grain production depends primarily on weather conditions. The paper provides a comparative detailing of meteorological factors affecting the productivity of grain production in the world. The main global factors in the context of climate change that affect the world indicators of the productivity of grain production are natural ...
A M Kumratova +3 more
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Hot weather and heat extremes: health risks [PDF]
The Lancet, 2021 Hot ambient conditions and associated heat stress can increase mortality and morbidity, as well as increase adverse pregnancy outcomes and negatively affect mental health. High heat stress can also reduce physical work capacity and motor-cognitive performances, with consequences for productivity, and increase the risk of occupational health problems ...
Ebi, Kristie L +14 more
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