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Economics of Uncertainty I
Moderator: Michael Sonnenholzner U of Erlangen-Nuernberg
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Author |
Affiliation |
Paper Title |
Discussant |
Affiliation |
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EGRIE |
Minh Phuong Bui |
New York U and U of Toulouse |
Comparative Prudence and
Comparative Temperance |
Jim Ligon |
U of Alabama |
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EGRIE |
Louis Eeckhoudt, Béatrice Rey,
and Harris Schlesinger |
U of Alabama and U of Konstanz |
Putting Risk in its Proper Place:
The Multi-dimensional Case |
Christophe Courbage |
The Geneva Association |
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EGRIE |
Christian Gollier |
U of Toulouse |
Optimal Expectations with
Complete Markets |
Alex Muermann |
U of Pennsylvania |
Efficiency Analysis I
Moderator: Martin Grace, Georgia State U
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Author |
Affiliation |
Paper Title |
Discussant |
Affiliation |
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ARIA |
B. Paul Choi |
Howard U |
Foreign-owned Insurers’
Performance in the U.S. Property-Liability Markets |
Lingyan Suo |
Beijing U |
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ARIA |
David Cummins and Xiaoying Xie |
U of Pennsylvania |
Is Independent Agency
Distribution System More Revenue Efficient: A Data Envelopment
Analysis |
Martin Grace |
Georgia State U |
Insurance Economics I
Moderator: Achim Wambach, U of Erlangen-Nuernberg
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Author |
Affiliation |
Paper Title |
Discussant |
Affiliation |
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EGRIE |
Pierre Picard |
U Paris X - Nanterre |
Costly Risk Verification without
Commitment in Competitive Insurance Markets |
Neil Doherty |
U of Pennsylvania |
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EGRIE |
Henri Loubergé and Richard Watt |
Universidad Autonoma de Madrid |
The Effect of an Increase in the
Probability of Loss When Risk is Endogenous |
Marie-Cécile Fagart |
Université de Rouen |
Insurance Empirics I
Moderator: Oliver Burkart, BaFin (Federal Financial Supervisory Authority)
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Author |
Affiliation |
Paper Title |
Discussant |
Affiliation |
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EGRIE |
David Cummins, Yijia Lin, and
Rich Phillips |
U of Pennsylvania and Georgia State U |
An Empirical Investigation of the
Pricing of Financially Intermediated Risks with Costly External
Finance |
Ruediger Reissaus |
U of Erlangen-Nuernberg |
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EGRIE |
Jim Barrese, Martin Grace, and
Nicos Scordis |
St. John's U |
Concentration in the U.S.
Property-Liability Insurance Industry |
Gene Lai |
Washington State U |
Insurance Solvency
Moderator: Steven Pottier, U of Georgia at Athens
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Author |
Affiliation |
Paper Title |
Discussant |
Affiliation |
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APRIA |
Liu Xiaojun and Chen Dan |
Central U of Finance and
Economics, and Beihang U |
An Empirical Study on the
Solvency of China's Insurers Basing the Financial Situation of
Companies |
Thomas Berry-Stölzle |
U of Cologne |
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APRIA |
Hunsoo Kim, Soon-Jae Lee, and W.
Jean Kwon |
Sejong U, SoonChunHyang U, and
St. John's U |
Choice of Exit Forms and Firm
Characteristics: Evidence from the U.S. Property-Liability Insurance
Market |
Harold Skipper |
Georgia State U |
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ARIA |
Thomas Berry-Stölzle |
U of Cologne |
The Impact of Illiquidity on the Asset Management of Insurance Companies |
Steven Pottier |
U of Georgia |
Life Insurance I
Moderator: Bill Rabel, LOMA (retired)
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Author |
Affiliation |
Paper Title |
Discussant |
Affiliation |
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APRIA |
Zheng Yu |
Central U of Finance and
Economics |
The Focus of Life: Risk
Protection or Investment--Evidence from the Empirical Study on the
Demand of the Life Insurance in China Emerging Markets |
Randy Dumm |
Florida State U |
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APRIA |
Alexander Kling, Andreas Richter,
and Jochen Russ |
Insitut fuer Finanz- und
Aktuarwissenschaften and Illinois State U |
The Impact of Surplus Distribution on the Risk Exposure of With Profit Life Insurance Policies Including Interest Rate Guarantees |
Chenghsien Tsai |
National Chengchi U |
Pensions I
Moderator: Roland Eisen, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-U Frankfurt
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Author |
Affiliation |
Paper Title |
Discussant |
Affiliation |
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ARIA |
Marie-Eve Lachance |
San
Diego State U |
Helping Workers Delay Retirement: Is it Worth it? |
Jeff Brown |
U of Illinois and NBER |
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EGRIE |
Miguel Romero |
Universidad Autonoma de Madrid |