In usual pricing approaches for weather derivatives, forward-looking information such as meteorological weather forecasts is not considered. Thus, important knowledge used by market participants is ignored in theory. By extending a standard model for the daily temperature, this paper allows the...

Numerous studies have tried to provide a better understanding of firm-level investment behaviour using econometric models. The model specification of more recent studies has been based on two main approaches. The first, the real options approach, focuses on irreversibility and uncertainty in...

Die Maisanbaufläche in Deutschland ist in den vergangenen Jahren aufgrund der steigenden Anzahl Biogasanlagen und der guten Eigenschaften von Mais als Biogassubstrat stark ausgedehnt worden. Zur Begrenzung des Maisanbaus hat die Politik bereits Maßnahmen eingeleitet. Dazu zählt z.B. die...

Using a unique dataset of a commercial microfinance institution in Madagascar, this paper investigates how the provision of microfinance loans with (in)flexible repayment schedules affects loan delinquencies of agricultural borrowers. Flexible repayment schedules allow a redistribution of...

This paper analyses the influencing factors of farmers’ use of price hedging instruments (PHIs) based upon a discrete choice experiment with German grain farmers. A mixed logit model is used to determine whether farmers’ choices of PHIs against cash sales are influenced by their price...

Auctioning goods is a widespread practice, particularly in the agricultural sector. The out-come of auctions can be affected by various factors. One of these factors can be anchoring effects, which describe the influence of present available information on numerical values in human decisions....

In diesem Beitrag wird für einen regional typischen maiserzeugenden Durchschnittsbetrieb in der Nordchinesischen Tiefebene die Wirkung eines Wetterderivats in Form einer Niederschlagsoption analysiert. Auf einen Durchschnittsbetrieb wird fokussiert, weil eine Betrachtung von wenigen,...