Michael R. Powers
Michael Roland Powers | |
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Born | November 19, 1959 |
Education | Yale University Harvard University |
Occupation(s) | Professor, Statistician, Author |
Known for | Zurich Insurance Group Chair Professor of Finance at Tsinghua University |
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Research
Powers has published numerous scholarly articles on a variety of risk-related topics, with particular focus on issues of government regulation and public policy.
Career
Powers was appointed Deputy Insurance Commissioner for the
Books
- The Political Economy of Chinese Finance, 2016, co-edited with J. Jay Choi and Xiaotian Tina Zhang, Emerald Group Publishing, Bingley, UK.[11]
- Acts of God and Man: Ruminations on Risk and Insurance, 2012, Columbia University Press, New York.[12]
- Icons, 2003, Dry Bones Press, San Francisco (science-fiction/fantasy novel).[13]
- Global Risk Management: Financial, Operational, and Insurance Strategies, 2002, co-edited with J. Jay Choi, JAI Press/Elsevier, Amsterdam.[14]
- The Economics and Politics of Choice No-Fault Insurance, 2001, co-edited with Edward L. Lascher, Jr., Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston.[15]
Education
Powers received his B.S. in Applied Mathematics, summa cum laude, from Yale University and his Ph.D. in Statistics from Harvard University. At Harvard, he wrote his dissertation under the direction of John W. Pratt.[16]
Other activities
During the
References
- ^ See http://cup.columbia.edu/book/978-0-231-15366-9/acts-of-god-and-man.
- ^ See http://www.sem.tsinghua.edu.cn/en/powers.
- ^ Powers, M. R., 1995, "A Theory of Risk, Return, and Solvency," Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, 17, 2, 101-118.
- ^ Powers, M. R. and Shubik, M., 2006, "A 'Square-Root Rule' for Reinsurance," Revista de Contabilidade e Finanças (Review of Accounting and Finance), 17, 5, 101-107.
- ^ Powers, M. R., 2015, "Paradox-Proof Utility Functions for Heavy-Tailed Payoffs: Two Instructive Two-Envelope Problems," Risks, 3, 1, 26-34.
- ^ See, e.g., Powers, M. R., Shubik, M., and Yao, S. T., 1998, "Insurance Market Games: Scale Effects and Public Policy," Zeitschrift für Nationalökonomie (Journal of Economics), 67, 2, 109-134; Powers, M. R. and Shubik, M., 2001, "Toward a Theory of Reinsurance and Retrocession," Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, 29, 2, 271-290; and Powers, M. R., 2007, "Using Aumann-Shapley Values to Allocate Insurance Risk: The Case of Inhomogeneous Losses," North American Actuarial Journal, 11, 3, 113-127.
- ^ See http://www.scienceofrisk.com/.
- ^ See http://www.sem.tsinghua.edu.cn/en/powers.
- ^ Powers, M. R., 1992, "Equity in Automobile Insurance: Optional No-Fault," Journal of Risk and Insurance, 59, 2, 203-220.
- ^ See http://www.sem.tsinghua.edu.cn/en/powers.
- ^ See https://www.emerald.com/insight/publication/doi/10.1108/S1569-3767201617.
- ^ See http://cup.columbia.edu/book/978-0-231-15366-9/acts-of-god-and-man.
- ^ See https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1931333262.
- ^ See https://www.emerald.com/insight/publication/doi/10.1016/S1569-3767(2002)3.
- ^ See https://www.springer.com/business+%26+management/book/978-0-7923-7467-1?cm_cmm=sgw-_-ps-_-book-_-0-7923-7467-3.
- ^ See http://genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=103799.
- ^ See https://www.politico.com/story/2008/09/mccain-and-the-politics-of-mortality-013096 .
- ^ See http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/ni/2008/09/the_theology_of_sarah_palin.html.
- ^ See http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-r-powers.
- ^ See https://www.facebook.com/chinaplusnews/videos/five-takeaways-from-premier-lis-press-conference/585347141984469/.