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| Title: | Pricing Weather Derivatives |
| Authors: | Richards, Timothy J.
Manfredo, Mark R.
Sanders, Dwight R. |
| Keywords: | derivative
jump-diffusion process
mean-reversion
volatility
weather |
| Issue Date: | 2004 |
| Series/Report no.: | Working Paper MSABR 04-2 |
| Abstract: | This paper presents a general method for pricing weather derivatives. Specification tests find that a temperature series for Fresno, California follows a mean-reverting Brownian motion process with discrete jumps and ARCH errors. Based on this process, we define an equilibrium pricing model for cooling degree day weather options. Comparing option prices estimated with three methods: a traditional burn-rate approach, a Black-Scholes-Merton approximation, and an equilibrium Monte Carlo simulation reveals significant differences. Equilibrium prices are preferred on theoretical grounds, so are used to demonstrate the usefulness of weather derivatives as risk management tools for California specialty crop growers. |
| URI: | http://purl.umn.edu/28536 |
| Institution/Association: | Arizona State University>Morrison School of Agribusiness and Resource Management>Working papers |
| Total Pages: | 40 |
| Language: | English |
| Collections: | Working papers
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