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Should Water Providers Hedge Weather Risk?
Author(s) -
Coleman D. Matthew,
Leurig Sharlene,
Hughes Jeffrey
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.5942/jawwa.2015.107.0022
Subject(s) - hedge , business , risk communication , actuarial science , risk analysis (engineering) , ecology , biology
Water providers may be able to manage natural revenue volatility caused by weather events by using weather risk transfer contracts to offset utility revenue loss.