OSU finance department faculty biographies

Department of Finance

Michael L. Smith

Associate Professor of Finance

At Ohio State since: 1978
Phone: 292-1747
E-mail: Smith.142@osu.edu

EDUCATION

Ph. D. --University of Minnesota, 1978

M. B. A. --University of Minnesota, 1973

B. A. --University of Minnesota, 1966

PUBLICATIONS

"The Law of Large Numbers and the Strength of Insurance", with Stephen Kane, Insurance, Risk Management and Public Policy: Essays in Honor of Robert I. Mehr, Norwell, Massachusetts: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1993.

"Adverse Selection, Regulated Prices, and Returns to Holders of Credit Life Insurance", with James Cash, Journal of Insurance Regulation, Vol. 12, No. 2 (Winter 1993), pp. 245-269.

"Investment Returns and Yields to Holders of Insurance",Journal of Business, Vol. 62, No. 1, (January 1989), pp.81-98.

"Risk Aversion, Insurance Costs and Optimal Property-Liability Coverages", with Stephen A. Buser, The Journal of Risk and Insurance, Vol. 54, No. 2, (June 1987), pp. 225-245.

"Underwriting, Investment and Solvency", with Ran Bar-Niv, Journal of Insurance Regulation, Vol. 5, No. 4, (June 1987), pp. 409-428.

HONORS AND AWARDS

Alpha Kappa Psi Foundation Spangler Award, 1992.

Risk and Insurance Management Society Research Award, 1984.

Journal of Risk and Insurance Award, 1983 and 1981.

Elected to the Board of Directors of the American Risk and Insurance Association, 1984-1988.

EDITORIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Associate Editor, The Journal of Risk and Insurance, 1987-1992.

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