Firm finances, weather derivatives and geography

Geoforum

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 616-624

  Pollard, Jane S ^a   Oldfield, Jonathan ^b   Randalls, Samuel ^c   Thornes, John E ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Economic geography; Meteorology; Weather derivatives

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; METEOROLOGY;

EID: 39849109674     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2006.03.008     Document Type: Article

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