WEATHER INDEX- THE BASIS OF WEATHER DERIVATIVES

Ciumas Cristina () and Botos Horia Mircea ()
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Ciumas Cristina: Universitatea Babes-Bolyai, Cluj-Napoca, Facultatea de Stiinte Economice si Gestiunea Afacerilor
Botos Horia Mircea: Universitatea Babes-Bolyai, Cluj-Napoca, Facultatea de Stiinte Economice si Gestiunea Afacerilor

Annals of Faculty of Economics, 2011, vol. 1, issue 1, 362-369

Abstract: This paper approaches the subject of Weather Derivatives, more exactly their basic element the weather index. The weather index has two forms, the Heating Degree Day (HDD) and the Cooling Degree Day (CDD). We will try to explain their origin, use and the relationship between the two forms of the index. In our research we started from the analysis of the weather derivatives and what they are based on. After finding out about weather index, we were interested in understanding exactly how they work and how they influence the value of the contract. On the national level the research in the field is scares, but foreign materials available. The study for this paper was based firstly on reading about Weather Derivative, and then going in the meteorogical field and determining the way by which the indices were determined. After this, we went to the field with interest in the indices, such as the energy and gas industries, and figured out how they determined the weather index. For the examples we obtained data from the weather index database, and calculated the value for the period. The study is made on a period of five years, in 8 cities of the European Union. The result of this research is that we can now understand better the importance of the way the indices work and how they influence the value of the Weather Derivatives. This research has an implication on the field of insurance, because of the fact that weather derivative are at the convergence point of the stock markets and the insurance market. The originality of the paper comes from the personal touch given to the theoretical aspect and through the analysis of the HDD and CDD index in order to show their general behaviour and relationship.

Keywords: Weather derivatives; Weather Index; HDD; CDD (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G22 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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