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2013 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

1. The Weather Derivatives Market

Authors : Antonis K. Alexandridis, Achilleas D. Zapranis

Published in: Weather Derivatives

Publisher: Springer New York

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Abstract

In this chapter, the various aspects of the weather market are discussed. The applications and purpose of weather derivatives will be presented. Our aim is to analyze the weather market and emphasize in the factors that restrain the weather market to further evolve. At the end of the chapter, an outline of the book is given.

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Footnotes
3
The number of cities that the CME trades weather contracts at the end of 2009
 
4
Algeria, Angola, Ecuador, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Venezuela
 
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Metadata
Title
The Weather Derivatives Market
Authors
Antonis K. Alexandridis
Achilleas D. Zapranis
Copyright Year
2013
Publisher
Springer New York
Book
Weather Derivatives

Print ISBN: 978-1-4614-6070-1

Electronic ISBN: 978-1-4614-6071-8

Copyright Year: 2013

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6071-8_1