Quantifying spatial basis risk for weather index insurance

Journal of Risk Finance

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 20-34

  Norton, Michael T ^a,b   Turvey, Calum ^c   Osgood, Daniel ^a  

^a Earth Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Basis risk; Index insurance; Insurance; Precipitation; Rainfall; Spatial basis risk; Weather derivatives

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015412296     PISSN: 15265943     EISSN: 09657967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/15265941311288086     Document Type: Article

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