Program for the 1994 Risk Theory Seminar

Friday, April 29 -- Sunday, May 1

Friday, April 29
6:30-7:45                    Neil Doherty and Anne Kleffner, "The Effect of Costly Risk  
                            Bearing on Insurers' Supply Decisions"                       
                                                                                        
7:45-9:00                    D. Han Chang, "Joint Use of Liability and Regulation-        
                            Workers' Compensation and OSHA Regulations for               
                            Occupational Disability"                                     

Saturday, April 30
8:30-9:45                    Keith J. Crocker and Eric W. Bond,  "Hardball and the Soft  
                            Touch: The Economics of Optimal Insurance Contracts with    
                            Costly State Verification and Endogenous Monitoring Costs"  
                                                                                        
9:45-10:00                   Break                                                        
                                                                                        
10:00-11:15                  John M. Marshall and Rod Garratt,  "Theory of Triage and    
                            Insurance Maximums"                                          
                                                                                        
11:15-12:30                  Kathy Petroni and Joseph H. Anthony  "Accounting             
                            Estimation Errors and Firm Valuation"                        
                                                                                        
12:30-1:30                   Lunch                                                        
                                                                                        
1:30-2:45                    Soon-Jae Lee, David Mayers and Clifford W. Smith,            
                            "Post-Assessment Guaranty Funds and Risk-Taking Behavior:   
                            Evidence from the Property-Casualty Insurance Industry"     
                                                                                        
2:45-4:00                    Eric Briys, "Life Insurance in a Contingent Claim            
                            Framework: Pricing and Regulatory Implications"              
                                                                                        
4:00-5:00                    Business Meeting                                             

Sunday, May 1

9:00-10:15                   Harris Schlesinger and Christian Gollier,  "The Effect of   
                            Noise in the Loss Distribution on Optimal Insurance          
                            Coverage"                                                    
                                                                                        
10:15-11:30                  Jim Garven, "On the Implications of the `Information         
                            Superhighway' for Risk and Insurance Research"