because of the risks associated with lending to farmers who lack traditional forms of collateral, they face price and yield … financial lending institutions to limit their credit risk exposure. This article determines whether geographic diversification … would be sufficient as a risk management tool for lending institutions to limit their credit risk. …

into the long run relationship between inter-annual variations in temperature and rainfall, and annual yields of the most … important staple food crops in Northern Ghana. Applying pooled panel data of rainfall, temperature and yields of the selected … seasonal, total rainfall and crop yields; and causality from rainfall to crop yields in the Sudano-Guinea Savannah and Guinea …

sown. Rainfall also has positive influence on the wheat yield but the time-related exogenous factors had only minor … less than unity, though the cross-price elasticities are more inelastic. Wheat yield is positively influenced by the area … influence on the yield. The results are discussed in view of providing guidance for the decision on the land use. The paper also …

the affiliates that the banking group has abroad, on bank’s risk, using Spanish confidential supervisory data. Having … multinational and decentralized banks. On the other hand, the international activity of banks may be associated to more risk taking … and the host economy on bank’s ex-post risk. The results are consistent with the hypothesis that geographic …

between households' perceived exposure to uninsured risk, measured as past exposure to deviations in average rainfall levels … annual rainfall data. Our results show that households that are exposed to risk invest more in unproductive assets to avoid … the depletion of assets. We also consider the interaction between past weather-risk exposure and the actual realization of …

between households' perceived exposure to uninsured risk, measured as past exposure to deviations in average rainfall levels … annual rainfall data. Our results show that households that are exposed to risk invest more in unproductive assets to avoid … the depletion of assets. We also consider the interaction between past weather-risk exposure and the actual realization of …

rainfall data for rural Thailand and Vietnam. Our econometric analysis shows that temporal variability in risk attitudes is … driven by rainfall shocks. Both severe shortages and excesses appear to increase individuals' risk aversion. Contrary to …Empirical studies advocating the temporal variability of risk attitudes suggest that adverse covariate shocks …

ability to hedge weather related volume or yield risk for the agricultural sector, although there are still many hurdles to …Weather derivatives are designed to hedge the volumetric risk associated with unfavourable weather. They have the … geographical basis risk resulting from the distance between the subject property and the site at which the weather measurement …

Why do many households remain exposed to large exogenous sources of non-systematic income risk? Why don’t financial … and non-price factors in the adoption of an innovative rainfall insurance product, designed to hedge a major source of … agricultural production risk. [BREAD Working paper No.33]. URL:[http://ipl.econ.duke.edu/bread/papers/working/303.pdf]. …