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Beurteilung von Wetterderivaten als Innovation im Risikomanagement landwirtschaftlicher Betriebe
(2014-04-17)
Wetterderivate sind relativ neue Instrumente im Risikomanagement. Sie bestimmen aus einem objektiv messbaren Wetterindex ihre Auszahlungssummen und überwinden somit einige Schwächen klassischer Versicherungslösungen, wie ...
Methods of analysis and empirical evidence of farm structural change
(2014-08-27)
The dissertation aims to develop and apply new empirical methods to analyze and model farm structural change. Changes of the farm structure are not only important for the sector itself but may have broader economic, social ...
Abnormal profits and profit persistence: evidence from the European food industry
(2014-04-14)
This thesis comprises three papers that aim to analyze the phenomenon of firm profits in the European food industry that differ from the competitive norm either at a specific point in time or over longer time periods. The ...
Weather Derivatives Revisited: A discourse on scalability, feasibility and Sustainability
(2014-04-02)
Over the last decade, weather derivatives have been offered in developing countries to mitigate weather risk in agriculture, but the demand remains low. Chapter One explains this demand anomaly by decomposing an insurance ...
Efficient Water Allocation and Water Conservation Policy Modeling in the Aral Sea Basin
(2014-06-03)
Increasing water demand in the Aral Sea basin (ASB) challenges policy makers to implement in-time and effective water management measures to mitigate both the on-going and upcoming water crisis in the region. This study ...