Adapting to climate change and managing climate risks by using real options

Australian Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 985-992

  Hertzler, Greg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Decision trees; Index insurance; Option pricing; Stochastic dynamic programming; Weather derivatives

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 37349087125     PISSN: 00049409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AR06192     Document Type: Conference Paper

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