Financial Management of Weather Risk with Energy Derivatives

Karel Janda and Tomas Vylezik

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Abstract: In this paper we describe the major issues in the weather risk management. We focus on the management of financial risks connected with weather. We first provide a general discussion of the impact of weather on the economy. Then we follow with the overview of the development of the weather risk management. The core of the paper in then devoted to the role of weather derivatives as financial tools for weather risk management.

Keywords: Financial risk; Weather risk; Derivatives; Energy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G12 G13 Q4 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011-11-26
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