Derivatives with Applications in the Supply Chain of Agricultural and Food Products
Content
The course is the main introductory course in the concepts of derivatives with applications in the supply chain of agricultural and food products. In addition, it highlights the strategic role and modern trends in the derivatives market with applications in the supply chain of agricultural and food products. Upon successful completion of the course the student will be able to:
define the key concepts of forward and futures contracts
understand the market mechanism and risk hedging with futures contracts
understand the valuation of futures contracts
understand Options and their properties
analyze Options and their valuation methods
understand and evaluates SWAPS
It is the only Greek University Department with the objective of training agroeconomists able to meet the demands of this new period in Greek agriculture which was inaugurated with the entry of Greece into the E.U.
