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RMI "BROWN BAG" SEMINARS

The RMI "Brown Bag" Seminar Series is open to RMI faculty and doctoral students who wish to present recent research findings/projects to a receptive audience. For the Fall 2009 semester, they will be held on most Tuesdays from 11:00 am to 12:30 pm in the Kenneth Black Jr. Conference Room (RCB 1100). Bring your lunch.

This page is constantly being updated. Please check back frequently.

FALL 2009:
Date
Location/Time
Speaker, Affiliation
Paper Presentation / Discussion Topic / Materials
8/25/2009 RCB 1100
11:00 - 12:30
Fan Liu & Jimmy Martinez

What Determines Private Debt Holdings for Life Insurers? A Longitudinal Investigation (Liu)
>>DOWNLOAD PAPER

Efficiency and Productivity Change in the Colombian Insurance Market (Martinez)
>>DOWNLOAD PAPER

9/1/2009 RCB 1100
1:00 - 2:30
Nan Zhu & Hae Won Jung

On the Economics of Life Settlements (Zhu)
>>DOWNLOAD PAPER

Capital Structure under Heterogeneous Beliefs and Agency Conflicts (Jung)
>>DOWNLOAD PAPER

9/8/2009 RCB 1100
11:45 - 12:45
Thorsten Moenig & Xue Qi

A bottom-up approach to Pay-As-You-Drive car insurance (Moenig)
>>DOWNLOAD PAPER

(Qi)

9/15/2009 RCB 1100
11:45 - 12:45
Glenn Harrison Risk Aversion and Uncertainty Aversion >>DOWNLOAD PAPER
10/6/2009 RCB 1100
11:45 - 12:45
Glenn Harrison Behavior Towards Endogenous Risk in the Laboratory
>>DOWNLOAD PAPER
10/13/2009 RCB 1100
11:45 - 12:45
Zhiyong Liu Private Information and the Option to Not Sue: A Reevaluation of Contract Remedies
>>DOWNLOAD PAPER
10/20/2009 RCB 1100
11:45 - 12:45
TBD TBD
10/27/2009 RCB 1100
11:45 - 12:45
TBD TBD
11/3/2009 RCB 1100
11:45 - 12:45
TBD TBD
11/10/2009 RCB 1100
11:45 - 12:45
TBD TBD
11/17/2009 RCB 1100
11:45 - 12:45
TBD TBD
       
SPRING 2009:
Date
Location/Time
Speaker, Affiliation
Paper Presentation / Discussion Topic / Materials
3/13/2009 Manners Room
RCB 726
12:00-1:30
Craig Churchill, International Labour Organization (ILO) Microinsurance programs, research needs and opportunities
>>DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION
3/27/2009 Aderhold Learning Center Room 24
12:00-1:30

Panel Discussion with:
Jeff Booth (ProcewaterhouseCoopers), Marvin Banks (Gables Residential), Andrew Bou (Hospitality Ventures), Gerald Gay (Robinson College of Business), and Todd Perkins (Southern Company)

What lessons should the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Risk Officer take from the current financial crisis?

Moderated by Conrad Ciccotello

4/17/2009 RCB 1100
11:00-12:30
Chris Schlegel, Southern Company Risk Management in the Middle of a Financial Crisis: Interest Rates, Commodity, and Credit Risk
>>DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION
 
FALL 2008:
Date
Location/Time
Speaker, Affiliation
Paper Presentation / Discussion Topic / Materials
09/12/08 RCB 1100
11:00-12:30
Eric Ulm, GSU

On the Determination of Capital Charges in a Discounted Cash Flow Model
>>DOWNLOAD PAPER

09/19/08 NEW TIME
RCB 1100
1:00-2:30
Zhiqiang Yan, GSU Reinsurance Contracting with Adverse Selection and Moral Hazard
>>DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION
09/26/08 Aderhold Learning Center Room 24
12:00-1:30
Adam H. Litke, Wachovia
THE GREAT DELEVERAGING: How the Subprime Crisis Became a Run on the Bank
>>DOWNLOAD PAPER
10/03/08 RCB 1100
11:00-12:30
Xiangjing Wei, GSU
Dynamic Model: House Price Return, Mortgage Rate and Mortgage Default Rate
10/10/08 RCB 1100
11:00-12:30
Daniel Bauer, GSU
Some Thoughts on Solvency
10/17/08 RCB 1100
11:00-12:30
George Zanjani, GSU
Does the Tail Wag the Dog? On the Paradoxical Relation between Parental Support and Subsidiary Insolvency in the Insurance Industry >>DOWNLOAD ABSTRACT
10/24/08 NEW TIME
RCB 1100
12:00-1:30
Peter Lindsay, GSU
The Philosophy of Grading
10/31/08 NEW TIME
RCB 1100
12:00 - 1:30
Trey Tasker, McGriff, Seibels & Williams, Inc.
RISK RETENTION DECISIONS: Beyond TCOR
11/07/08 RCB 1100
11:00-12:30

 
11/14/08 RCB 1100
11:00-12:30
Ed Veiking,
SNL Financial
Introduction to SNL Data on Financial Services
11/21/08 RCB 1100
11:00-12:30
Jason Strauss, GSU
Insurance Markets When Firms Are Asymmetrically Informed
>>DOWNLOAD PAPER #1

Privacy, Driving Data and Automobile Insurance: An Economic Analysis
>>DOWNLOAD PAPER #2
12/05/08 RCB 1100
11:00-12:30
Richard Phillips
CEAR (Center for the Economic Analysis of Risk) Strategic Plan Update
>>DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION
       
FALL 2007:
Date
Location/Time
Speaker
Paper Presentation / Discussion Topic / Materials
8/29/07 Manner's Room
12:00-1:30
James F. Moore
PIMCO Bonds
Credit Risk and the Mortgage Industry Crisis
>>DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION
08/31/07 RCB 1100
11:00-12:30
Jian Wen and
Xiangjing Wei
 
09/07/07 RCB 1100
11:00-12:30
Hua Chen and
Ruilin Tian

Moment Problems with Applications to VaR and
Portfolio Management (Ruilin Tian)
>>DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION

Modeling Mortality with Jumps: Transitory Effects and Pricing Implication to Mortality Securitization (Hua Chen)
>>DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION

09/14/07 RCB 1100
11:00-12:30
Jin Gao and
Qian Zhang
 
09/21/07 RCB 1100
11:00-12:30
Yuanyuan Wang
 
10/23/07
TUESDAY
RCB 1100
12:00-1:00
Chenghsien Tsai Correlation Specification and the Efficacy of Risk-Based Capital
>>DOWNLOAD PAPER
 
SPRING 2007:
Date
Location/Time
Speaker
Paper Presentation / Discussion Topic / Materials
01/12/07 ALC 30
9:00-11:30am
Martin Grace Liability
01/19/07 ALC 30
9:00-11:30am
Martin Grace Liability
01/26/07 ALC 30
9:00-11:30am
Richard Phillips Cycles
02/02/07 ALC 30
9:00-11:30am
Richard Phillips Cycles
02/09/07 ALC 30
9:00-11:30am
Yuan Yuan Financial Institutions
02/16/07 ALC 30
9:00-11:30am
Shinichi Nishiyama  
02/23/07 ALC 30
9:00-11:30am
Jueng Bo Shim  
03/02/07 ALC 30
9:00-11:30am
Ajay Subramanian  
03/09/07 SPRING BREAK  
03/16/07 ALC 30
9:00-11:30am
Ajay Subramanian  
03/23/07 ALC 30
9:00-11:30am
Adam Speight  
03/30/07 ALC 30
9:00-11:30am
Adam Speight  
04/06/07 ALC 30
9:00-11:30am
Zhiyong Liu  
04/11/07 RCB 1200
12:00-1:15pm
Patrick Finnegan
Towers Perrin
Corporate ERM Software: Towers Perrin Risk Diagnostics™
04/13/07 ALC 30
9:00-11:30am
Zhiyong Liu  
04/20/07 ALC 30
9:00-11:30am
Anastasia Kartasheva Information Intermediation and Rating Agencies
04/27/07 ALC 30
9:00-11:30am
Anastasia Kartasheva Information Intermediation and Rating Agencies
       
FALL 2006:
Date
Location/Time
Speaker
Paper Presentation / Discussion Topic / Materials
8/25/06 RCB 1100
12:00 to 1:00
Ajay Subramanian Risk, Uncertainty and Optimism in Venture Capital Relationships
9/8/2006
RCB 1100
12:00 to 1:00
Eric Ulm Diversification of Parameter Uncertainty >>DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION
9/15/2006
RCB 1100
12:00 to 1:00
Perry Binder Employee Blogs and a Company's Reputation Risk on the Web >>DOWNLOAD PAPER
9/22/2006
RCB 1100
12:00 to 1:00
Conrad Ciccotello

How Does Law Affect Finance? An Examination of Financial Tunneling in an Emerging Market >>DOWNLOAD PAPER

9/29/2006
RCB 1100
12:00 to 1:00
Jeungbo Shim Capital Allocation and the Price of Insurance: Evidence from the Merger and Acquisition Activity in the U.S. Property-Liability Insurance Industry >>DOWNLOAD PAPER
10/06/2006 RCB 1100
12:00 to 1:00
Yuan Yuan Integration and Scope Economics--Post Gramm-Leach-Bliley >>DOWNLOAD PAPER

 

 

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