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Working Papers

2016

1. Expected Worth for 2 � 2 Matrix Games with Variable Grid Sizes
   Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University
   Also in Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University (2016)
   Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University (2016) View citations (1)

2005

2. A Note on a "Square-Root Rule" for Reinsurance
   Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University

2003

3. Market Bubbles and Wasteful Avoidance: Tax and Regulatory Constraints on Short Sales
   Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University
   Also in Yale School of Management Working Papers, Yale School of Management (2003)

1999

4. Toward a Theory of Reinsurance and Retrocession
   Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Toward a theory of reinsurance and retrocession, Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, Elsevier (2001) View citations (1) (2001)

1994

5. Insurance Market Games: Scale Effects and Public Policy
   Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University View citations (6)
   See also Journal Article Insurance market games: Scale effects and public policy, Journal of Economics, Springer (1998) View citations (6) (1998)

Journal Articles

2015

1. Paradox-Proof Utility Functions for Heavy-Tailed Payoffs: Two Instructive Two-Envelope Problems
   Risks, 2015, 3, (1), 1-9

2014

2. The Relationship Between Regulatory Pressure and Insurer Risk Taking
   Journal of Risk & Insurance, 2014, 81, (2), 271-301 View citations (8)

2013

3. Insurance Risk, Risk Measures, and Capital Allocation: Navigating a Copernican Shift
   Annual Review of Financial Economics, 2013, 5, (1), 201-223 View citations (1)

2012

4. A risk-based risk finance paradigm
   Journal of Financial Transformation, 2012, 35, 173-178 View citations (1)

2009

5. Adverse selection or advantageous selection? Risk and underwriting in China's health-insurance market
   Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, 2009, 44, (3), 505-510 View citations (5)
6. Life‐insurance Efficiency in China: A Comparison of Foreign and Domestic Firms
   China & World Economy, 2009, 17, (6), 43-63 View citations (4)
7. Risk and Return Measures for a Non-Gaussian World
   Journal of Financial Transformation, 2009, 25, 51-54
8. The valuation of contingent capital with catastrophe risks
   Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, 2009, 45, (1), 65-73 View citations (17)

2008

9. Social Stability and Catastrophe Risk: Lessons From the Stag Hunt
   Journal of Theoretical Politics, 2008, 20, (4), 477-497 View citations (2)

2003

10. Of happy and hapless regulators: the asymptotics of ruin
    Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, 2003, 32, (2), 317-330 View citations (3)

2001

11. EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION: AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE: THE “MODAL” PROPERTY‐LIABILITY LINE
    Risk Management and Insurance Review, 2001, 4, (1), 35-38
12. Toward a theory of reinsurance and retrocession
    Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, 2001, 29, (2), 271-290 View citations (1)
    See also Working Paper Toward a Theory of Reinsurance and Retrocession, Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers (1999) View citations (1) (1999)

1999

13. WHAT IS “INSURANCE”? LESSONS FROM THE CAPTIVE INSURANCE TAX CONTROVERSY
    Risk Management and Insurance Review, 1999, 2, (2), 72-80 View citations (3)

1998

14. Insurance Premium Taxes: a Lump-Sum Proposal
    Public Finance Review, 1998, 26, (1), 53-66
15. Insurance market games: Scale effects and public policy
    Journal of Economics, 1998, 67, (2), 109-134 View citations (6)
    See also Working Paper Insurance Market Games: Scale Effects and Public Policy, Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers (1994) View citations (6) (1994)
16. On the tradeoff between the law of large numbers and oligopoly in insurance
    Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, 1998, 23, (2), 141-156 View citations (10)

1995

17. A theory of risk, return and solvency
    Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, 1995, 17, (2), 101-118 View citations (11)
18. Captive Insurance Tax Policy: Resolving a Global Problem
    The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance - Issues and Practice, 1995, 20, (2), 197-229

Editor

1. Asia-Pacific Journal of Risk and Insurance
   De Gruyter