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Weather derivatives in agriculture
Špička, Jindřich ; Hnilica, Jiří (advisor) ; Málek, Jiří (referee) ; Blažek, Ladislav (referee)
Agriculture is one of the most weather sensitive sectors. The thesis aims to assess the efficiency of agricultural weather derivatives to reduce revenue risk in agriculture taking into consideration the growing conditions in the Czech Republic. The problem of risk management scheme in the Czech agriculture is that systemic weather risks are not covered by insurance (drought). In these cases, farmers have to rely either on their own financial reserves or ad hoc state assistance. Various combinations of weather variables, crops, regions and weather stations have been examined to design index-based weather contracts for most important crops produced in the Czech Republic. The first part of the thesis is devoted to literature review concerning risk management in agriculture. Overview of data sources is followed by assessment of risk environment of agricultural enterprises in the Czech Republic. Then, author describes the choice of crops and regions suitable for weather derivative design. The main part is devoted to method of design and valuation of weather derivatives at the regional level (burn analysis, parametric bootstrap). Finally, discussion on main findings, chances and limitations of agricultural weather derivatives is considered. The research shows the need to better differentiate public risk management support in agriculture in the Czech Republic. Regarding the efficiency of weather derivatives, it is possible to conclude that spatial (geographical) and production basis risk significantly reduce the efficiency of weather derivatives in agricultural practice.
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The possibilities of applying ART products to natural disasters in the Czech Republic
Veverka, Matej ; Ducháčková, Eva (advisor) ; Daňhel, Jaroslav (referee)
The diploma thesis deals with the possibilities of applying weather derivatives and catastrophe bonds as alternative risk transfer products, which enable to cope with natural disaster risk in the Czech Republic. The author highlights an obvious increase in occurrence and intensity of extreme climate events resulting into devastating floods. Total costs caused by floods in August 2002, which hadn't been known so far, had important impact on the Czech insurance market. The situation is in many aspects similar to circumstances, which led to the birth of ART products abroad. If the recent tendencies continue, Czech insurers will have to find new ways of dealing with these risks beside the traditional commercial insurance. In accordance with conclusions of this thesis, applying of catastrophe bonds isn't supposed in the future. However, the weather derivatives seem to be an alternative with great potential.
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Financial derivatives in the world and the Czech Republic
Petrov, Ondřej ; Witzany, Jiří (advisor) ; Witzany, Jiří (referee)
This thesis deals with the financial derivatives and trading in the world and the Czech Republic. The introductory part defines the basic concepts associated with financial derivatives, describes their types and method of statistical reporting. Briefly outlines the basic types of derivatives and their history. The second part evaluates the derivatives trading on Exchange and OTC markets. It is primarily focused on the latest development during the financial crisis. The third part examines more closely trading in the Czech Republic, especially the derivatives trading on the Prague Stock Exchange. The last part focuses on the exotic weather derivatives, which represent an interesting way to insure against natural influences.
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Weather Derivatives as Alternative Risk Solution
Krupová, Tereza ; Daňhel, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Kiovský, Tomáš (referee)
Thesis deals with weather derivatives and their position within other financial instruments. It is divided into five main parts. The aim of the first part is to describe the basic mechanism and hallmarks of derivatives as a part of financial market. Also a brief history of weather derivatives is charted. The second chapter is focused on risk and fundamental risk factors and approaches. The weather risk management is presented. The third part discuses weather risk as special kind of risk. This part analyzes the impact of weather on the economy. The differences between weather derivatives and insurance are highlighted. The fourth chapter presents the weather derivatives from the users' points of view; it describes weather derivatives' structure and usage, main underlying indices and also looks on the pricing issues. In the final part the current situation and the possible future evolution of weather derivatives is presented. This part also includes information about the main organizations dealing with either weather management or derivatives.
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