Project

Pricing of weather derivatives

Code
01SS0213
Duration
22 August 2014 → 30 September 2015
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Research disciplines
  • Natural sciences
    • Applied mathematics in specific fields
    • Statistics
    • Numerical methods
  • Social sciences
    • Applied economics
Keywords
weather derivatives multivariate Ornstein-Uhlenbeck (OU) processes CARMA-model Malliavin derivative American options
 
Project description

Temperature and wind are important weather factors influencing the economy. Income in sectors such as tourism, catering industry, agriculture is very dependent on the weather. Weather risks can be hedge by means of weather derivatives which are financial products that are more flexible and cheaper than classical insurance. The aim of the project is to price such financial weather derivatives.