Hedging with weather derivatives to cope with climate variability and change in grain maize production

Agricultural Finance Review

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 67-81

  Torriani, Daniele Simone ^a   Calanca, Pierluigi ^b   Beniston, Martin ^c   Fuhrer, Jürg ^b  

^a SwissRe Globals and Large Risks Mythenquai   (Switzerland)

^b AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Climate risks; Climatic change; Drought; Hedging; Maize production; Weather derivatives

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957781152     PISSN: 00021466     EISSN: 20416326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00214660880001219     Document Type: Article

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