The Robert I. Mehr Award
The Mehr Award is presented each year for the paper published in the JRI ten years ago that has best stood the test of time. Past recipients of the Robert I. Mehr Award include: |
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| 2010 | Shaun S. Wang, Georgia State University, A Class Distortion of Operators for Pricing Financial and Insurance Risks, JRI March 2000, V. 67 #1, pp. 15-36 |
| 2009 | J. David Cummins, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania,Martin Grace, Georgia State University Richard Phillips, Georgia State University “Regulatory Solvency Prediction in Property-Liability Insurance: Risk-Based Capital, Audit Ratios, and Cash Flow Simulation,” JRI, September 1999, V. 66 #3, pp. 417-458 |
| 2008 | Richard Phillips, J. David Cummins, Franklin Allen“Financial Pricing of Insurance in the Multiple-Line Insurance Company,” JRI, December 1998, V. 65 #4, pp. 597-636 |
| 2007 | Dwight Jaffe and Thomas Russell, Catastrophe Insurance, Capital Markets, and Uninsurable Risks, JRI, June 1997, V. 64 #2, pp. 205-230. |
| 2006 | David W. Sommer, "The Impact of Firm Risk on Property-Liability Insurance Prices," 1996, The Journal of Risk and Insurance, Vol. 63, No. 3 (Sep., 1996), pp. 501-514. |
| 2005 | Richard A. Derrig and Krzysztof M. Ostaszewski, "Fuzzy Techniques of Pattern Recognition in Risk and Claim Classification," 1995, The Journal of Risk and Insurance, Vol. 62, No. 3 (Sept. 1995), pp. 447-482. |
2004 |
(co-winner) Patrick Brockett, William Cooper, Linda Golden, and Utai Pitaktong for "A Neural Network Method for Obtaining an Early Warning of Insurer Insolvency", The Journal of Risk and Insurance, Vol. 61, No. 3 (Sep. 1994), pp. 402-424. |
2004 |
(co-winner) Richard Butler for "Economic Determinants of Workers Compensation Trends", The Journal of Risk and Insurance, Vol. 61, No. 3 (Sep. 1994), pp. 383-401. |
2004 |
(co-winner) David Mayers and Clifford Smith, Jr. for "Managerial Discretion, Regulation and Stock Insurer Ownership Structure", The Journal of Risk and Insurance, Vol. 61, No. 4 (Dec. 1994), pp. 638-655. |
2003 |
(co-winner). J. David Cummins and Mary Weiss for "The Stochastic Dominance of No-Fault Automobile Insurance", The Journal of Risk and Insurance, Vol. 60, No. 2 (Jun. 1993), pp. 230-264. |
2003 |
(co-winner). James R. Garven and Richard D. MacMinn for "The Underinvestment Problem: Bond Covenants and Insurance", The Journal of Risk and Insurance, Vol. 60, No. 4 (Dec. 1993), pp. 635-646. |
2002 |
Ran BarNiv and James B. McDonald for "Identifying Financial Distress in the Insurance Industry: A Synthesis of Methodological and Empirical Issues", The Journal of Risk and Insurance, Vol. 59, No. 4, Symposium on Insurance Futures (Dec. 1992), pp. 543-573 |
2001 |
Richard J. Butler and John Worrall for "Claims Reporting and Risk Bearing Moral Hazard in Workers' Compensation", The Journal of Risk and Insurance, Vol. 58, No. 2 (Jun. 1991), pp. 191-204. |
2000 |
(co-winner). Richard D. MacMinn and Li-Mang Han for "Limited Liability, Corporate Value, and the Demand for Liability Insurance", The Journal of Risk and Insurance, Vol. 57, No. 4 (Dec. 1990), pp. 581-607. |
2000 |
(co-winner). J. David Cummins for "Multi-period Discounted Cash Flow Ratemaking Models in Property- Liability Insurance", The Journal of Risk and Insurance, Vol. 57, No. 1 (Mar. 1990), pp. 79-109 |
1999 |
Henry Grabowski, W. Kip Viscusi, and William N. Evans for "Price and Availability Tradeoffs of Automobile Insurance Regulation", The Journal of Risk and Insurance, Vol. 56, No. 2 (Jun. 1989), pp. 275-299 |
1998 |
J. David Cummins and Scott E. Harrington for "The Relationship Between Risk and Return: Evidence for Property-Liability Insurance Stocks", The Journal of Risk and Insurance, Vol. 55, No. 1 (Mar. 1988), pp. 15-31 |
1995 |
Harris Schlesinger and Neil A. Doherty for "Incomplete Markets for Insurance: An Overview", The Journal of Risk and Insurance, Vol. 52, No. 3 (Sep. 1985), pp. 402-423. |
