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Presentation Guideline. Each session room is equipped with an overhead projector and an LCD projector linked to a laptop computer. If you plan to use the LCD projector, bring your presentation on either a USB flash drive or CD-rom so that you can access it using the laptop computer that will be provide in your session room. The computer does not have a floppy disk drive. Please refrain yourself from using your own computer. If you plan to use an overhead projector, bring your transparencies to the room. You may also purchase service from the Sheraton Business Center (open 7 am to 7 pm) or a nearby Kinko's (open 24 hours). For effective use of your presentation time, bring 25 copies of handouts. |
Economics of Uncertainty II
Moderator: Minh Phuong Bui, New York U and U of Toulouse
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Author |
Affiliation |
Paper Title |
Discussant |
Affiliation |
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EGRIE |
Henry Chiu |
U of Manchester |
Skewness Preference, Risk Taking
and Expected Utility Maximization |
Minh Phuong Bui |
New York U and U of Toulouse |
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APRIA |
Shih-Chieh Chang, Chenghsien Tsai and Ya-Wen Hwang |
National Chengchi U |
Hedging Labor Income and Inflation Uncertainties through Capital Market in Defined Contribution Pension Schemes |
Snorre Lindset |
Norwegian U of Science and
Technology |
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EGRIE |
Emilio Venezian |
Rutgers U |
Evolving Risk Aversion and the
Evidence on Constant Relative Risk Aversion |
Louis Eeckhoudt |
Facultés Universitaires
Catholiques de Mons (retired) |
Insurance Economics II
Moderator: Marie-Cécile Fagart, U de Rouen
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Author |
Affiliation |
Paper Title |
Discussant |
Affiliation |
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EGRIE |
Jose Penalva |
IAE, CSIC |
A Study of the Interaction of Insurance and Financial Markets: Efficiency and Full Insurance Coverage |
Seungryul Ma |
Daegu U |
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EGRIE |
Marie-Cécile Fagart and Bidéman
Kambia-Chopin |
Université de Rouen and Université de ParisX-Nanterre |
Prevention in Insurance Markets |
Henry Chiu |
U of Manchester |
Insurance Empirics II
Moderator: Dick Butler, Brigham Young U
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Author |
Affiliation |
Paper Title |
Discussant |
Affiliation |
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EGRIE |
Jean Pinquet, Mercedes Ayuso, and
Montserrat Guillen |
U of Barcelona |
Selection Bias and Auditing
Policies on Insurance Claims |
Martin Boyer |
HEC Montréal and CIRANO |
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ARIA |
Pat Brockett, Linda Golden, and Sandra Dunn |
U of Texas at Austin |
Biological and Psycho-behavioral Correlates of Risk Taking, Credit Scores, and Automobile Insurance Losses: Toward an Explication of Why Credit Scoring Works |
Richard Derrig |
Opal Consulting |
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ARIA |
Richard Derrig and Grzegorz Rempala |
Opal Consulting and University of Louisville |
A Statistical Analysis of the Settlement Negotiation Process for Automobile Bodily Injury Liability Claims In the Presence of Suspicion of Fraud and Build-Up |
Keith Crocker |
Pennsylvania State U |
Life Insurance II
Moderator: Mahito Okura, Nagasaki U
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Author |
Affiliation |
Paper Title |
Discussant |
Affiliation |
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APRIA |
Mahito Okura and Norihiro Kasuga |
Nagasaki U |
Financial
Instability and Life Insurance Demand |
Bill Rabel |
LOMA (retired) |
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APRIA |
Yee Wah Chin, Yuan Wu, and
Patrick K.P. Chan |
Nanyang Technological U |
Spousal Characteristics and Its Effect on Life Insurance Ownership between Spouses in Singapore |
R. Suriya Narayanan |
SBI Life Insurance |
Pensions II
Moderator: Vickie Bajtelsmit, Colorado State U
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Author |
Affiliation |
Paper Title |
Discussant |
Affiliation |
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EGRIE |
Christian Gollier |
U of Toulouse |
Optimal Portfolio Management for
Individual Pension Plans |
Richard Watt |
Universidad Autonoma de Madrid |
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ARIA |
Jeffrey Brown and Scott Weisbenner |
U of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and NBER |
Individual Account Investment
Options and Portfolio Choice - Behavioral Lessons from 401(k) Plans |
David Richardson |
Georgia State U |
Public Policy
Moderator: S. Hun Seog, KAIST
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Author |
Affiliation |
Paper Title |
Discussant |
Affiliation |
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EGRIE |
Anderas Engel and Achim Wambach |
U of Erlangen-Nuernberg |
Risk Management in Procurement
Auctions |
John Marshall |
U of California,
Santa Barbara |
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EGRIE |
Sandrine Spaeter and Panagiotis
Tsakiris |
Louis Pasteur U and National Technical U of Athens |
Environmental Risks and Financial
Guarantees: Improving Prevention in the Mining Industry |
Martin Grace |
Georgia State U |
Reinsurance
Moderator: Bill Ferguson, U of Louisiana at Lafayette
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Author |
Affiliation |
Paper Title |
Discussant |
Affiliation |
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ARIA |
Cassandra Cole, Ryan Lee, and
Kathleen McCullough |
Florida State U and U of Calgary |
A Test of the Eclectic Paradigm:
Evidence from the U.S. Reinsurance Market |
Lars
Powell |
U
of Arkansas at Little Rock |
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EGRIE |
Oliver Burkart |
BaFin (Federal Financial Supervisory Authority) |