A spatial Bayesian approach to weather derivatives

Agricultural Finance Review

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 79-96

  Paulson, Nicholas D ^a   Hart, Chad E ^b   Hayes, Dermot J ^b  

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

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Climatic loading; Insurance; Modelling; Rainfall; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875125435     PISSN: 00021466     EISSN: 20416326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00021461011042657     Document Type: Article

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