. It suggest a microeconometric method for measuring flooding related risk preferences of affectedindividuals. The method …-experimental approach to measure differences in the risk attitudes of farmers located in highflooding risk areas versus farmers located in … low flooding risk areas is followed. Changes in flooding risk relatedbehaviour over time is analysed and marginal effects …

Chapter 1 analyzes hybrid-trigger CAT bonds, a new CAT bond deal that can reduce basis risk and eliminate moral hazard … basis risk. Simulation results support my analyses. Major findings in this study provide insights to insurers who would … proactively manage the basis risk of CAT bonds. Chapter 2 examines whether the parimutuel mechanism can hedge risk-averse people …

Chapter 1 analyzes hybrid-trigger CAT bonds, a new CAT bond deal that can reduce basis risk and eliminate moral hazard … basis risk. Simulation results support my analyses. Major findings in this study provide insights to insurers who would … proactively manage the basis risk of CAT bonds. Chapter 2 examines whether the parimutuel mechanism can hedge risk-averse people …

attributable near future losses; and (ii) applying Fraction Attributable Risk (FAR) analysis to determine the contribution of …

contributions of both regular input factors and climate factors to mean output and to production risk in Chinese inland aquaculture … annual average temperatures will increase mean output and decrease production risk, an increase in temperature variability … will reduce mean output and cause a higher level of production risk. The corresponding measures of precipitation however …