On Weather Derivatives and Temperature Swapping in Japan

Until recently, the meteorological disturbances to the management of economic entities had to be simply accepted; however, several financial tools have been developed, with which we can cancel out the adverse influence of meteorological events. This paper will intend to examine 2 types of tools, weather derivatives and temperature swapping, which have been shown to work in Japan.

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Year of publication:	2007-01
Authors:	Takao, Atsushi
Institutions:	Graduate School of Business Administration, Kobe University
Subject:	inancial engineering \| catastrophe risk \| HDD(heating degree days) \| CDD(cooling degree days)

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Discussion Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	Number 2007-03 5 pages
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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