Yeung Yun Sing Samson. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 64-67). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 2 --- Background --- p.5 / Chapter 2.1 --- Applicability of Weather Derivative in Hong Kong: The Recre- ation Industry --- p.7 / Chapter 2.2 --- Types of Weather Risk --- p.9 / Chapter 3 --- Literature Review --- p.12 / Chapter 4 --- Basic Model --- p.17 / Chapter 4.1 --- Notations --- p.18 / Chapter 4.2 --- Assumptions --- p.21 / Chapter 4.3 --- The Profit Model --- p.22 / Chapter 5 --- Fundamental Analysis --- p.25 / Chapter 5.1 --- Sales Profit Analysis --- p.25 / Chapter 5.2 --- Option Analysis --- p.27 / Chapter 5.3 --- Profit Function Reformulation --- p.30 / Chapter 6 --- Objectivel: Lexicographic Optimization --- p.35 / Chapter 6.1 --- Equivalence between Lexicographic Optimization and Expected Utility Maximization --- p.38 / Chapter 6.2 --- Minimizing the Conditional Profit Variance given Q* --- p.39 / Chapter 6.3 --- Numerical Examples --- p.42 / Chapter 6.3.1 --- Convexity of conditional profit variance --- p.42 / Chapter 6.3.2 --- Correlation between Q* & N* --- p.47 / Chapter 7 --- Objective2: Mean-Variance Optimization --- p.52 / Chapter 7.1 --- Numerical Examples --- p.59 / Chapter 8 --- Conclusion and Future Work --- p.61 / Bibliography --- p.64 / Chapter A --- Weather Option Pricing --- p.68 / Chapter B --- Infeasibility of Perfect Hedge --- p.70
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_325367 |
| Date | January 2005 |
| Contributors | Yeung, Yun Sing Samson., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management. |
| Source Sets | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Language | English, Chinese |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, bibliography |
| Format | print, vii, 71 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm. |
| Rights | Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
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