The impact of strong emotions or mood on decision making and risk taking is well recognized in behavioral economics and finance. Yet, and in spite of the immense interest, no study, so far, has provided any comprehensive evidence on the impact of weather conditions. This paper provides the...

The risk management arena engulfs a wide breadth of issues ranging from hedging instruments to risk strategies for multinational giants, and from natural to man-made disasters across the world. When newly developed economies with non-traditional corporate structures come on stage, then the risk...