2002 Proceedings

1.     Implications of Corporate Diversification and Focus Strategies 
KATHLEEN A. MCCULLOUGH, Florida State University 
ROBERT E. HOYT, University of Georgia 

2.    Asymmetric Information and Price Adjustment in the Long-Term Care Insurance Market 
YANLING GE, The University of Mississippi 
LARRY A. COX, The University of Mississippi

3.    Risk Management Determinants Affecting Firms’ Values in the Gold Mining Industry: New Empirical Results 
GEORGES DIONNE, HEC-Montreal 
MARTIN GARANT, HEC-Montreal 

4.    Asymmetric Information and Learning in the Automobile Insurance Market 
ALMA COHEN, Harvard University 

5.    Viability of the Mutual Organizational Form 
BARBARA REMMERS, Virginia Tech 

6.     The Basis Risk of Catastrophic-Loss Index Securities 
J. DAVID CUMMINS, The Wharton School 
DAVID LALONDE, Applied Insurance Research
RICHARD D. PHILLIPS, Georgia State University 

7.     Market Discipline and Government Guarantees in Life Insurance 
GEORGE ZANJANI, Federal Reserve Bank of New York 

8.     Multiplicative Background Risk 
GUNTER FRANKE, University of Konstanz, Germany 
HARRIS SCHLESINGER, University of Alabama 
RICHARD C. STAPLETON, University of Strathclyde, Scotland 

9.     Optimal Accident Compensation Schemes 
RICHARD WATT, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain 
FRANCISCO J. VAZQUEZ, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain 

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