Financial Management of Weather Risk with Energy Derivatives

Janda, Karel and Vylezik, Tomas (2011): Financial Management of Weather Risk with Energy Derivatives.

Abstract

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. Then we follow with the overview of the development of the weather risk management. The core of the paper in then devoted to the role of weather derivatives as financial tools for weather risk management.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Financial risk; Weather risk; Derivatives; Energy
• Subjects: G - Financial Economics > G1 - General Financial Markets > G12 - Asset Pricing ; Trading Volume ; Bond Interest Rates; G - Financial Economics > G1 - General Financial Markets > G13 - Contingent Pricing ; Futures Pricing; Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics ; Environmental and Ecological Economics > Q4 - Energy

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