Since the underlying of the weather derivatives is not a traded asset, these contracts cannot be evaluated by the traditional financial theory. Cao and Wei (2004) price them by using the consumption-based asset pricing model of Lucas (1978) and by assuming different values for the constant...

In this paper we construct a kernel estimator of a periodic signal when the observation follows the model dζt=f(t)dt+σ(t)dWt, where f,σ:R→R are continuous periodic and {Wt,t≥0} is a Brownian motion. We state its consistency as well as the asymptotic normality.

Since the underlying of the weather derivatives is not a traded asset, these contracts cannot be evaluated by the traditional financial theory. Cao and Wei [2004. Weather derivatives valuation and market price of weather risk. The Journal of Futures Markets 24, no. 11: 1065-89] price them by...