NEWS

Our approximation to the RDU risk premium is forthcoming in Operations Research. It reveals that the maxiance stands on equal footing with the variance as a fundamental measure of risk. It also provides a local index of absolute risk aversion in RDU. [May 15, 2020.]

Our paper on distribution-free goodness-of-fit testing for copulas is forthcoming in Bernoulli. [March 19, 2020.]

Awarded a VICI grant by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) to Model and Measure 21st-Century Risks. [February 17, 2020.]

Former PhD student Merrick Zhen Li has been awarded the Joop Hartog Dissertation Award. [January 16, 2020.]

Our paper on dual risk apportionment is forthcoming in the Journal of Economic Theory. [November 16, 2019.] In this paper, we introduce the concept of squeezing:

(Annemaartje Laeven, 2015)

Our paper on dependent microstructure noise and IV estimation is forthcoming in the Journal of Econometrics. [October 12, 2019.]

Our paper on loss aversion and endogenous updating of the reference level is forthcoming in Management Science. [May 1, 2019.]

Our call for papers on Behavioral Insurance: Mathematics and Economics has been published. Gold open access publication by Elsevier.

Our paper on internal multiplicative habit formation is forthcoming in the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis. [April 28, 2019.]

Our paper on catastrophic risk in economy-climate modeling is forthcoming in the Journal of Econometrics. [March, 15, 2019.]

Our modeling financial contagion paper is shortlisted as most cited (#4) in the Journal of Financial Economics.

My PhD student Merrick Zhen Li takes up a postdoctoral position at Cambridge University.

Appointed to a second mandate as Academic Member of the Advisory Board IRSG of EIOPA.

Our paper on testing for self-excitation is forthcoming in the Journal of Econometrics.

Our paper on robust optimal stopping is forthcoming in Mathematics of Operations Research.

Appointed Editor of Insurance: Mathematics and Economics.

Our paper on continuous and discontinuous leverage is forthcoming in the Journal of the American Statistical Association.

Photo Credit: Dingena Mol

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Prof. dr. Roger J. A. Laeven
University of Amsterdam, Economics and Business
Amsterdam School of Economics, Department of Quantitative Economics
Email: R.J.A.Laeven "AT" uva.nl
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