Weather derivatives, spatial aggregation, and systemic risk: Implications for reinsurance hedging

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 34-51

  Woodarda, Joshua D ^a   Garcia, Philip ^b  

^a Office for Futures and Options Research (OFOR)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Crop insurance; Hedging; Reinsurance; Risk; Spatial aggregation; Systemic; Weather derivatives

Indexed keywords

EID: 43149084129     PISSN: 10685502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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