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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The influence of humid heat on morbidity of megacity Shanghai in China
Environment InternationalBackground: Increased attention has been paid to humid-heat extremes as they are projected to increase in both frequency and intensity. However, it remains unclear how compound extremes of heat and humidity affects morbidity when the climate is projected
Chen Liang +5 more
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An Internet-Based Tool for Weather Risk Management [PDF]
This paper introduces a web-based computer program designed to evaluate weather risk man-agement and weather insurance in the United States. The paper outlines the economics of weather risk in terms of agricultural production and household well-being ...
Norton, Michael T., Turvey, Calum G.
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Weather derivatives: Concept and application for their use in South Africa [PDF]
Recent innovations in energy markets suggest the possibility of addressing agricultural risk factors by issuing derivatives on weather elements. Such instruments appear particularly attractive, as asymmetric information and loss adjustment issues do not ...
Geyser, J.M.
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Weather Derivatives as Risk Management Tool in Ecuador: A Case Study of Rice Production [PDF]
This paper analyzes efficiency of weather derivatives as insurance instruments for rice in Ecuador. Weather derivatives were constructed for each county/season combination.
Sanchez, Leonardo, Vedenov, Dmitry V.
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Climatic changes and weather risk management in agriculture [PDF]
Anali Ekonomskog fakulteta u Subotici, 2016 Despite the constant development of the system of forecasting unpredicted events and risks, there are many economic sectors where revenues depend directly on the wheather variables.
Stevanović Simo +2 more
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Leveraging a Bayesian network approach to model and analyze supplier vulnerability to severe weather risk: A case study of the U.S. pharmaceutical supply chain following Hurricane Maria. [PDF]
Int J Disaster Risk Reduct, 2020 Lawrence JM +3 more
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EFFICIENCY OF WIND INDEXED TYPHOON INSURANCE FOR RICE [PDF]
Index-based weather insurances are innovative tools for mitigating weather risks in agriculture. Several donor agencies and development organisations are investing substantially to propagate these programmes in developing countries. However, often due to
Banerjee, Chirantan, Berg, Ernst
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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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Comparison of the RWDM6 and MG Microphysics Schemes in Precipitation Simulation With the GRIST Model
Earth and Space ScienceRealistic representation of cloud and precipitation processes is crucial for climate simulations. A revised double‐moment 6‐class (RWDM6) cloud microphysics scheme with prognostic precipitation, instead of the Morrison‐Gettelman scheme, is implemented ...
Jiabo Li +3 more
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