HARRIS SCHLESINGER     Welcome to my website

 Harris & Nathaniel Schlesinger, Swiss Alps, 2008

Professor of Finance and Samford Chair of Insurance
200 Alston Hall
University of Alabama                                                                                                                              Roll Tide!
Tuscaloosa AL 35487-0224
(205) 348-7858
(205) 348-0590 - Fax
 
Classes:
 UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA
 UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ
 UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH

NEWS: Schlesinger wins Decision Analysis Publication Award from INFORMS

Schlesinger receives UA's Burnum Distinguished Faculty Award

Schlesinger receives 2007 Kulp-Wright Book Award

 
Harris Schlesinger on a cold day in Konstanz, Germany in June 2006

A Few Current Publications (Downloadable in Working Paper form here. See journal websites for published versions):
     "Apportioning of Risks via Stochastic Dominance" (with Louis Eeckhoudt and Ilia Tsetlin) -- Journal of Economic Theory  (forthcoming)
     "Changes in Risk and the Demand for Savings" (with Louis Eeckhoudt) -- Journal of Monetary Economics (Oct 2008)
     "Precautionary Insurance Demand with State-Dependent Background Risk" (with W. Fei) -- Journal of Risk and Insurance (March 2008)
     "A Good Sign for Multivariate Risk Taking" (with L. Eeckhoudt and B. Rey) -- Management Science (January 2007)
     "Mossin’s Theorem for Upper-Limit Insurance Policies" -- Journal of Risk and Insurance (June 2006)
     "Putting Risk in its Proper Place" (with L. Eeckhoudt) -- American Economic Review (March 2006)
     "Multiplicative Background Risk" (with G. Franke and R. Stapleton) -- Management Science (January 2006)
  
Current Working Papers (downloadable):
     "Exploring Higher Order Risk Effects" (with Cary Deck)
     "Uncertain Bequest Needs and Long-Term Insurance Contracts" (with Wenan Fei and Claude Fluet)
     "Insurance Contract Design when the Insurer has Private Information on Loss Size " (with Qin Lian)
     "On the Utility Premium of Friedman and Savage" (with Louis Eeckhoudt)
     "Asset Allocation Strategy Given Non-Market Wealth and Background Risks" (with Guenter Franke and Richard Stapleton)

My Book
    Economic and Financial Decisions under Risk (with L. Eeckhoudt and C. Gollier) -- Princeton University Press (2005)

                
      Louis Eeckhoudt,  Christian Gollier  &  Harris Schlesinger
              in Christian's garden in Bazus, France 2002
    
Personal Stuff
       About me 
       Short Curriculum Vitae (overview)
       Curriculum Vitae
       My Official UA Homepage
       A few pics
                                                                                                                                      

E-mail me: hschlesi@cba.ua.edu

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