Insurance against weather risk: Use of heating degree-days from non-local stations for weather derivatives

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 74, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 137-144

  van Asseldonk, M A P M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTREME EVENT; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; INSURANCE INDUSTRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEMPERATURE;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 0037281328     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-002-0701-9     Document Type: Article

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