Determinants of weather derivatives usage in the Austrian winter tourism industry

Tourism Management

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 62-68

  Bank, Matthias ^a   Wiesner, Robert ^a,b  

^a INNSBRUCK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Austria)

^b AlpS Centre for Natural Hazard and Risk Management   (Austria)

Author keywords

Derivatives usage; Hedging behaviour; Risk management; Weather derivatives; Weather risk; Winter tourism

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; RECREATIONAL FACILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM ECONOMICS; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; WINTER;

AUSTRIA;

EID: 78649885328     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2009.11.005     Document Type: Article

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