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Harris Schlesinger

University of Alabama

Professor of Finance and Frank Park Samford Chair of Insurance

P.O. Box 870244

200 Alston Hall, Box 870224

Tuscaloosa, AL 35487

United States

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1.

Coping with Credit Risk

EFMA 2001 Lugano Meetings
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 13 Jun 2001
Henri Loubergé and Harris Schlesinger
University of Geneva - Geneva School of Economics and Management and University of Alabama
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Insurance Contracts and Securitization

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Citation 7

Insurance Contracts and Securitization

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 559
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 25 Sep 2001
Neil A. Doherty and Harris Schlesinger
University of Pennsylvania - Insurance & Risk Management Department and University of Alabama
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Insurance Contracts and Securitization

Journal of Risk & Insurance, Vol. 69, pp. 45-62, 2002
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 16 Jan 2003
Neil A. Doherty and Harris Schlesinger
University of Pennsylvania - Insurance & Risk Management Department and University of Alabama
Downloads 30 (405,845)
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Putting Risk in its Proper Place

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 1462
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 30 Apr 2005
Louis Eeckhoudt and Harris Schlesinger
Facultes Universitaires Catholiques de Mons (FUCAM) and University of Alabama
Downloads 220 (96,942)
Citation 37

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properness, prudence, risk apportionment, risk aversion, stochastic dominance, temperance, utility premium

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Changes in Risk and Asset Prices

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 443
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 14 May 2001
Christian Gollier and Harris Schlesinger
University of Toulouse 1 - Industrial Economic Institute (IDEI) and University of Alabama
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Citation 5

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Asset Pricing, Stochastic Dominance, Equity Premium Puzzle

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A Good Sign for Multivariate Risk Taking

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 1796
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 05 Oct 2006
Louis Eeckhoudt, Béatrice Rey and Harris Schlesinger
Facultes Universitaires Catholiques de Mons (FUCAM), University of Lyon 1 - ISFA Graduate School of Actuarial Science and University of Alabama
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Citation 14

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correlation aversion, multivariate risk, prudence, risk aversion, temperance

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Adverse Selection in an Insurance Market with Government-Guaranteed Subsistence Levels

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Adverse Selection in an Insurance Market with Government-Guaranteed Subsistence Levels

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 1217
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 29 Jun 2004
Harris Schlesinger and Bum J. Kim
University of Alabama and affiliation not provided to SSRN
Downloads 131 (182,157)
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adverse selection, insurance, government relief

Adverse Selection in an Insurance Market with Government-Guaranteed Subsistence Levels

Journal of Risk and Insurance, Vol. 72, No. 1, pp. 61-75, March 2005
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 19 Feb 2005
Bum J. Kim and Harris Schlesinger
affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of Alabama
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Non-Market Wealth, Background Risk and Portfolio Choice

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 06 Mar 2007
Guenter Franke, Harris Schlesinger and Richard Stapleton
University of Konstanz - Department of Economics, University of Alabama and University of Manchester - Division of Accounting and Finance
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Portfolio choice, Derived relative risk aversion, Additive background risk, Multiplicative background risk

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Exploring Higher-Order Risk Effects

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2487
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 08 Dec 2008
Cary A. Deck and Harris Schlesinger
University of Arkansas - Department of Economics and University of Alabama
Downloads 116 (199,334)
Citation 10

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risk, prudence, temperance, laboratory experiments

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Uncertain Bequest Needs and Long-Term Insurance Contracts

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Uncertain Bequest Needs and Long-Term Insurance Contracts

CIRPEE Working Paper 07-42, CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2505
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 01 Dec 2007
Wenan Fei, Claude Fluet and Harris Schlesinger
Reinsurance Group of America, Université Laval and University of Alabama
Downloads 90 (239,576)

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asymmetric information, bequest needs, life insurance

Uncertain Bequest Needs and Long‐Term Insurance Contracts

Journal of Risk and Insurance, Vol. 82, Issue 1, pp. 125-148, 2015
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 21 Feb 2015
Wenan Fei, Claude Fluet and Harris Schlesinger
Reinsurance Group of America, University of Quebec at Montreal (UQAM) and University of Alabama
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Consistency of Higher Order Risk Preferences

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 4047
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 14 Jan 2013
Cary A. Deck and Harris Schlesinger
University of Arkansas - Department of Economics and University of Alabama
Downloads 62 (276,488)
Citation 2

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risk apportionment, mixed risk aversion, mixed risk loving, prudence, temperance, edginess, laboratory experiments, moment preference, prospect theory

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Risk-Taking-Neutral Background Risk

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 4070
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 30 Jan 2013
Guenter Franke, Harris Schlesinger and Richard Stapleton
University of Konstanz - Department of Economics, University of Alabama and University of Manchester - Division of Accounting and Finance
Downloads 59 (272,212)
Citation 1

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background risk, HARA utility, income tax, portfolio choice, risk vulnerability

12.

Changes in Risk and the Demand for Saving

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2388
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 08 Sep 2008
Louis Eeckhoudt and Harris Schlesinger
Facultes Universitaires Catholiques de Mons (FUCAM) and University of Alabama
Downloads 51 (304,873)
Citation 7

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precautionary saving, prudence, stochastic dominance, temperance

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Risk Apportionment and Stochastic Dominance

INSEAD Business School Research Paper No. 2007/45/DS
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 16 Oct 2007
Louis Eeckhoudt, Harris Schlesinger and Ilia Tsetlin
Facultes Universitaires Catholiques de Mons (FUCAM), University of Alabama and INSEAD
Downloads 49 (315,677)

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Downside Risk, Precautionary Savings, Prudence, Risk Apportionment

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Apportioning of Risks via Stochastic Dominance

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2467
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 24 Nov 2008
Louis Eeckhoudt, Harris Schlesinger and Ilia Tsetlin
Facultes Universitaires Catholiques de Mons (FUCAM), University of Alabama and INSEAD
Downloads 35 (354,880)
Citation 5

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downside risk, precautionary effects, prudence, risk apportionment, risk aversion, stochastic dominance, temperance

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Mossin's Theorem for Upper-Limit Insurance Policies

Journal of Risk & Insurance, Vol. 73, No. 2, pp. 297-301, June 2006
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 30 May 2006
Harris Schlesinger
University of Alabama
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Lattices and Lotteries in Apportioning Risk

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 5067
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 02 Dec 2014
Harris Schlesinger
University of Alabama
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risk apportionment, mixed risk aversion, mixed risk loving, lattice theory, submodular function

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Precautionary Insurance Demand with State-Dependent Background Risk

Journal of Risk & Insurance, Vol. 75, Issue 1, pp. 1-16, March 2008
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 10 Mar 2008
Wenan Fei and Harris Schlesinger
Hartford Life Insurance Company and University of Alabama
Downloads 15 (470,083)
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Risk Aversion in Rent‐Seeking and Rent‐Augmenting Games

The Economic Journal, Vol. 107, Issue 445, pp. 1671-1683, 1997
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 28 Jan 2012
Kai A. Konrad and Harris Schlesinger
Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance and University of Alabama
Downloads 2 (534,741)
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Insurance Contract Design When the Insurer Has Private Information on Loss Size

Journal of Risk and Insurance, Vol. 79, Issue 4, pp. 1039-1050, 2012
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 22 Nov 2012
Qin Lian and Harris Schlesinger
Portland State University and University of Alabama
Downloads 1 (544,132)

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Protection Against Future Risk: A Two-Period Model for Insurance and Saving/Borrowing

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 18 Apr 2016
Harris Schlesinger and Boyi Zhuang
University of Alabama and University of Alabama - Culverhouse College of Commerce & Business Administration
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Two-Period Model, Insurance, Saving, Borrowing

21.

Greater Mutual Aggravation

Netspar Discussion Paper No. 01/2016-002
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 09 Jan 2016 Last Revised: 08 Jan 2017
Sebastian Ebert, Diego Nocetti and Harris Schlesinger
Tilburg University, Clarkson University and University of Alabama
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mixed risk aversion, mutual aggravation, risk apportionment, stochastic dominance, utility premium, prudence

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Severity Risk and the Adverse Selection of Frequency Risk

J. OF RISK AND INSURANCE, Vol. 62 No. 4, December 1995
Posted: 03 Jul 1998
Neil A. Doherty and Harris Schlesinger
University of Pennsylvania - Insurance & Risk Management Department and University of Alabama

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Habit Formation and the Demand for Insurance

JOURNAL OF RISK AND INSURANCE, Vol. 63, No. 1, March 1996
Posted: 16 Jun 1998
Mounira Ben-Arab, Eric Briys Hec and Harris Schlesinger
University of Tunis, Paris and Tillinghast and University of Alabama

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Insurance Demand Without the Expected-Utility Paradigm

J. OF RISK AND INSURANCE, Vol. 64 No. 1, March 1997
Posted: 10 Jun 1997
Harris Schlesinger
University of Alabama

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