1. Essays on the Mitigation of Climate-Related Stochastic Losses through Investment and Insurance Restricted (Penn State Only) Author: Traore, Abdelmoumine Title: Essays on the Mitigation of Climate-Related Stochastic Losses through Investment and Insurance Graduate Program: Energy, Environmental, and Food Economics (PhD) Keywords: Crops(Corn and Soybeans)Crop Insurancetypical riskshort-term riskweatherfactorsheterogeneitydiscrete choicepanel datafixed effectsunit structure levelInvestmentinsuranceexpected utilityrobust optimizationlong (short)-term risk vs. long (short)-term uncertaintyrisk aversionclimate changeprosocialgreen bondconventional bond utilityoptimizationrisk aversionenvironmental regulationgreen default File: Login to Download Committee Members: Douglas Wrenn, Program Head/ChairRobert Weaver, Chair & Dissertation AdvisorKatherine Zipp, Major Field MemberUday Shanbhag, Outside Unit & Field MemberDouglas Wrenn, Major Field Member