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

CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute)

Poschinger Str. 5

Munich, DE-81679

Germany

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1.

Coping with Credit Risk

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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Insurance Contracts and Securitization

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

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
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Putting Risk in its Proper Place

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 30 Apr 2005
Louis Eeckhoudt and Harris Schlesinger
Facultes Universitaires Catholiques de Mons (FUCAM) and University of Alabama
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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

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

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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, Sebastian Ebert, Diego Nocetti and Harris Schlesinger
Heidelberg Universityaffiliation not provided to SSRN, 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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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

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 29 Jun 2004
Harris Schlesinger, Bum J. Kim and Bum J. Kim
University of Alabama and affiliation not provided to SSRNHallym University, Department of Finance
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adverse selection, insurance, government relief

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

Number of pages: 15 Posted: 19 Feb 2005
Bum J. Kim, Bum J. Kim and Harris Schlesinger
affiliation not provided to SSRNHallym University, Department of Finance and University of Alabama
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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 Alabama - Department of Economics, Finance and Legal Studies and University of Alabama
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risk, prudence, temperance, laboratory experiments

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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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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
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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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Whoops! It Happened Again. Demand for Insurance that Covers Multiple Risks

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 18 Apr 2016 Last Revised: 22 Sep 2020
Liang Hong, Harris Schlesinger and Boyi Zhuang
The University of Texas at Dallas, University of Alabama and University of Alabama - Culverhouse College of Commerce & Business Administration
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Two-period Model; Insurance; Multiple Risks; Riskiness.

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

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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
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precautionary saving, prudence, stochastic dominance, temperance

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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 Alabama - Department of Economics, Finance and Legal Studies and University of Alabama
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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 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
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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
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downside risk, precautionary effects, prudence, risk apportionment, risk aversion, stochastic dominance, temperance

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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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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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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
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Risk‐Taking‐Neutral Background Risks

Journal of Risk and Insurance, Vol. 85, Issue 2, pp. 335-353, 2018
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 05 Jun 2018
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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On the Robustness of Higher Order Risk Preferences

Journal of Risk and Insurance, Vol. 85, Issue 2, pp. 313-333, 2018
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 05 Jun 2018
Cary A. Deck and Harris Schlesinger
University of Alabama - Department of Economics, Finance and Legal Studies and University of Alabama
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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
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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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