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Author:

Shultz, Allison L.

Title:

WHY ARE FINANCIALLY HEALTHY EMPLOYERS FREEZING THEIR DEFINED BENEFIT PENSION PLANS?

Area of Honors:

Actuarial Science

Keywords:

pension
defined benefit
defined contribution

File:

Download final_thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

David Arthur Cather, Thesis Supervisor
David Arthur Cather, Thesis Supervisor
Ron Gebhardtsbauer, Faculty Reader
David Arthur Cather, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Xie, Fan

Title:

VALUE BASED HEALTH INSURANCE

Area of Honors:

Actuarial Science

Keywords:

value
based
health
insurance

File:

Download Value_Based_Health_Insurance_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

David Arthur Cather, Thesis Supervisor
David Arthur Cather, Thesis Honors Advisor
David Arthur Cather, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Diane Marie Henderson, Thesis Honors Advisor
Ron Gebhardtsbauer, Faculty Reader

Author:

Azmy, Joseph George

Title:

The Effect of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act on the Bancassurance Model in the United States

Area of Honors:

Actuarial Science

Keywords:

bancassurance
Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act

File:

Download Joseph_Azmy_thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

David Arthur Cather, Thesis Supervisor
David Arthur Cather, Thesis Supervisor
Ron Gebhardtsbauer, Faculty Reader
David Arthur Cather, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Kwon, Youjin

Title:

Pricing Joint-life Insurance Under Dependent Assumption

Area of Honors:

Actuarial Science

Keywords:

Joint-life
Assumption
Dependence

File:

Download FINAL_THESIS__YOUJINKWON.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Ron Gebhardtsbauer, Thesis Supervisor
Ron Gebhardtsbauer, Thesis Honors Advisor
Evan Garrett Morgan, Faculty Reader

Author:

Eastman, Evan Mark

Title:

Economies of Scale in the Auto Insurance Industry

Area of Honors:

Economics

Keywords:

Economies
Scale
Insurance
Auto
Economics

File:

Download Eastman_Evan_EconomiesofScaleAutoIns.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Ron Gebhardtsbauer, Thesis Supervisor
James R. Tybout, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Mosier, Tiffany Lynn

Title:

The Impact of PPACA on Employer Sponsored Health Insurance: An Analysis of Employer Motivations to Self-Insure Health Benefits

Area of Honors:

Actuarial Science

Keywords:

PPACA
health insurance
self-insurance
employer-sponsored plans

File:

Download Mosier_Tiffany_SelfInsuringHealthCare.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

David Arthur Cather, Thesis Supervisor
Ron Gebhardtsbauer, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Keen, Justin Kenneth

Title:

Insurability of Academic Performance

Area of Honors:

Actuarial Science

Keywords:

Insurance
insurability
actuarial
risk

File:

Download Keen_Justin_InsurabilityofAcademicPerformance.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Ron Gebhardtsbauer, Thesis Supervisor
Ron Gebhardtsbauer, Thesis Honors Advisor
Evan Garrett Morgan, Faculty Reader

Author:

Yener, Suzan Nora

Title:

Comparison of Social Security Systems in Different Countries

Area of Honors:

Actuarial Science

Keywords:

social security
pension
defined benefit
defined contribution

File:

Download Yener_Suzan_ComparisonofSocialSecuritySystemsinDifferentCountries.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Ron Gebhardtsbauer, Thesis Supervisor
Ron Gebhardtsbauer, Thesis Honors Advisor
Lisa Lipowski Posey, Faculty Reader

Author:

Miller, Brian Adam

Title:

Real-Valued Functional Representations of Semi-Independent Joint-Life Calculations

Area of Honors:

Actuarial Science

Keywords:

actuarial
dependence
joint life
mortality
probability

File:

Download Miller_Brian_-_Joint_Mortality_Thesis_Final.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Ron Gebhardtsbauer, Thesis Supervisor
Ron Gebhardtsbauer, Thesis Honors Advisor
Evan Garrett Morgan, Faculty Reader

Author:

Pugh, Benjamin C

Title:

Quantified Risk Models For Panamanian Micro-finance

Area of Honors:

Actuarial Science

Keywords:

Insurance
Microfinance
Micro-finance
Microcredit
Actuarial Science
Modeling
Risk
Risk Management
Sustainability

File:

Download Quantified_Risk_Models_For_Panamanian_Micro-finance.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Evan Garrett Morgan, Thesis Supervisor
Ron Gebhardtsbauer, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Miller, Laura Anne

Title:

The Effect of the Medicare Part D Discount Program on Prescription Drug Utilization Rates

Area of Honors:

Actuarial Science

Keywords:

Medicare
Prescription Drugs
Part D
Discount Program
Generic Dispensing Rate
Utilization Trends
PPACA

File:

Download Miller_Laura_MedicarePrescriptionDrugUtilization.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Ron Gebhardtsbauer, Thesis Supervisor
Ron Gebhardtsbauer, Thesis Honors Advisor
Lisa Lipowski Posey, Faculty Reader

Author:

Altman, Zachary Haze

Title:

Who Won? - An Actuarial Analysis of the NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement

Area of Honors:

Actuarial Science

Keywords:

Actuarial Science
Actuarial
NFL
NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement
Collective Bargaining Agreement
CBA
Football

File:

Download Altman_Zachary_WhoWonActuarialAnalysisofNFLCBA.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Ron Gebhardtsbauer, Thesis Supervisor
Ron Gebhardtsbauer, Thesis Honors Advisor
Lisa Lipowski Posey, Faculty Reader

Author:

Hui, Xiaotong

Title:

A Study of Sensitivity to Actuarial Assumptions Through the Case of USPS Financial Deficit

Area of Honors:

Actuarial Science

Keywords:

USPS
Forecasting
Assumptions
Sensitivity

File:

Download A_Study_of_Sensitivity_to_Actuarial_Assumptions_Through_the_Case_of_USPS_Financial_Deficit_-_Final.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Ron Gebhardtsbauer, Thesis Supervisor
Ron Gebhardtsbauer, Thesis Honors Advisor
Evan Garrett Morgan, Faculty Reader

Author:

Yang, Jing

Title:

medical malpractice insurance and its premium

Area of Honors:

Mathematics

Keywords:

malpractice insurance
premium
medical

File:

Download 2-malpractice_insurance.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Ron Gebhardtsbauer, Thesis Supervisor
Mark Levi, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Kober, Jesse Richard

Title:

The Trouble with Swaps: An Investigation of Municipal Interest Rate Swap Use in Pennsylvania

Area of Honors:

Risk Management

Keywords:

actuarial science
risk management
interest rate swap

File:

Download Kober_Jesse_thetroublewithswaps.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Ron Gebhardtsbauer, Thesis Supervisor
Ron Gebhardtsbauer, Thesis Honors Advisor
Lisa Lipowski Posey, Faculty Reader

Author:

Korostin, Stan A

Title:

Variance Reduction Techniques for Monte Carlo Valuation of Financial Derivatives

Area of Honors:

Risk Management

Keywords:

Monte Carlo
Variance
Control Variate
Antithetic
Stratified
Quasi-Monte Carlo
Asian
Actuarial
Derivative
Financial

File:

Download Stan_Korostin__SHC_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Ron Gebhardtsbauer, Thesis Supervisor
Ron Gebhardtsbauer, Thesis Honors Advisor
Lisa Lipowski Posey, Faculty Reader

Author:

He, Jack Zongcheng

Title:

The Impact of Asset Allocation in Retirement Planning

Area of Honors:

Actuarial Science

Keywords:

actuarial science
asset allocation
retirement
pension

File:

Download He_Jack_theimpactofassetallocationinretirementplanning.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Ron Gebhardtsbauer, Thesis Supervisor
Ron Gebhardtsbauer, Thesis Honors Advisor
Zhongyi Yuan, Faculty Reader

Author:

Yang, Fanchen

Title:

Applications of Game Theory to Actuarial Science

Area of Honors:

Actuarial Science

Keywords:

actuarial science
game theory
applications
hotelling
bertrand
cournot
underwriting
life insurance

File:

Download Honors_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Eli Christopher C Byrne, Thesis Supervisor
Ron Gebhardtsbauer, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Chukwueke, Theophilus Ogbonnaya

Title:

Cracking Annuity Pricing Assumptions

Area of Honors:

Actuarial Science

Keywords:

Annuities
Mortality
Interest Rates
Expenses
Pricing
Modeling
Actuarial Science

File:

Download Cracking_Annuity_Pricing_Assumptions.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Ron Gebhardtsbauer, Thesis Supervisor
Ron Gebhardtsbauer, Thesis Honors Advisor
Lisa Lipowski Posey, Faculty Reader

Author:

Conners, Bradford Thomas

Title:

The Risk of Signing Previously-Arrested NFL Players

Area of Honors:

Actuarial Science

Keywords:

actuarial science
risk management
sports analytics
NFL
recidivism

File:

Download The_Risk_of_Signing_Previously-Arrested_NFL_Players.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Ron Gebhardtsbauer, Thesis Supervisor
Ron Gebhardtsbauer, Thesis Honors Advisor
Andrew John Wiesner, Faculty Reader

Author:

Stoltz, Eric Zachary

Title:

The Impact of Same-sex Marriage on Social Security's Finances

Area of Honors:

Actuarial Science

Keywords:

Social Security
same-sex marriage
LGBT
actuarial science
finance

File:

Download Stoltz-THE_IMPACT_OF_SAME-SEX_MARRIAGE_ON_SOCIAL_SECURITYS_FINANCES_.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Ron Gebhardtsbauer, Thesis Supervisor
Ron Gebhardtsbauer, Thesis Honors Advisor
Lisa Lipowski Posey, Faculty Reader

Author:

London, Marc

Title:

Maximizing Returns: How to Manage a Risky Portfolio into Retirement

Area of Honors:

Risk Management

Keywords:

retirement
investment
investing
glide path
risk management
actuarial

File:

Download Marc_London_-_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Ron Gebhardtsbauer, Thesis Supervisor
Ron Gebhardtsbauer, Thesis Honors Advisor
Zhongyi Yuan, Faculty Reader

Author:

Yerger, Elizabeth Heininger

Title:

Accountable Care Organizations Five Years Later: How the Pioneer ACO Initiative has Achieved Expectations

Area of Honors:

Actuarial Science

Keywords:

actuarial science
risk management
health insurance
accountable care organizations
medicare

File:

Download YERGER_ELIZABETH_ACCOUNTABLECAREORGANIZATIONS.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

David Arthur Cather, Thesis Supervisor
Ron Gebhardtsbauer, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Lavella, Allison Marie

Title:

The Pros and Cons of Privatizing Social Security

Area of Honors:

Actuarial Science

Keywords:

Social Security
Privatization

File:

Download The_Pros_and_Cons_of_Privatizing_Social_Security.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Ron Gebhardtsbauer, Thesis Supervisor
Ron Gebhardtsbauer, Thesis Honors Advisor
Lisa Lipowski Posey, Faculty Reader

Author:

Mielnik, Matthew Michael

Title:

Can interest rates predict property/casualty performance?

Area of Honors:

Actuarial Science

Keywords:

Actuarial Science
Interest Rates
Property/Casualty
P&C

File:

Download Thesis_v3.3.2.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Zhongyi Yuan, Thesis Supervisor
Ron Gebhardtsbauer, Thesis Honors Advisor
Ron Gebhardtsbauer, Faculty Reader

Author:

Jaffer, Zahra

Title:

Will the PPACA Drug Provision Cause Pharmaceutical Companies to Divest in Low-return Therapies?

Area of Honors:

Risk Management

Keywords:

ACA
PPACA
Pharmaceutical
Pfizer
Merck
Johnson and Johnson
drug
brand-name
generic
pipeline
therapy
R&D

File:

Download Jaffer_Zahra_Will_the_PPACA_Drug_Provision_Cause_Pharmaceutical_Companies_to_Divest_in_Low-Return_Therapies.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Mark Richard Gruskin, Thesis Supervisor
Ron Gebhardtsbauer, Thesis Honors Advisor
Todd Matthew Retzlaff, Faculty Reader

Author:

Koenig, Timothy Michael

Title:

Variable Annuities v. Fixed Indexed Annuities: A Quest to Maximize Guaranteed Future Lifetime Income and Return on Premium

Area of Honors:

Actuarial Science

Keywords:

actuarial science
variable annuities
fixed indexed annuities
future income
investment
retirement

File:

Download MOST_RECENT_THESIS.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Ron Gebhardtsbauer, Thesis Supervisor
Ron Gebhardtsbauer, Thesis Honors Advisor
Zhongyi Yuan, Faculty Reader

Author:

Desjardins, Brigh Noelle

Title:

A Global Comparison of Catastrophe Insurance

Area of Honors:

Risk Management

Keywords:

insurance
actuarial
catastrophe

File:

Download Brigh_Desjardins_A_Global_Comparison_of_Catastrophe_Insurance.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Richard Lee London, Thesis Supervisor
Ron Gebhardtsbauer, Thesis Honors Advisor
Lisa Lipowski Posey, Faculty Reader

Author:

Hedges, Robert Alan

Title:

Applying the Medicare Stars System to the Private Individual Health Insurance Market Under the Affordable Care Act

Area of Honors:

Actuarial Science

Keywords:

actuarial
healthcare
insurance
medicare

File:

Download Hedges_Robert_ApplyingTheMedicareStarsSystemToThePrivateIndividualHealthInsuranceMarketUnderTheAffordableCareAct.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Richard Lee London, Thesis Supervisor
Ron Gebhardtsbauer, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Kantner, Samuel Wilkens

Title:

Comparative Analysis of Nations' Health Care Funding Systems

Area of Honors:

Risk Management

Keywords:

actuarial science
health insurance
health care
health reform
PPACA
social insurance

File:

Download Kantner_Samuel_ComparativeAnalysisOfNationsHealthCareFundingSystems.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Richard Lee London, Thesis Supervisor
Ron Gebhardtsbauer, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Doyle, Kerri Elizabeth

Title:

THE EFFECTS OF PROPHYLACTIC POSTOPERATIVE ORAL ANTIBIOTIC USE IN FOOT AND ANKLE SURGERY ON HEALTHCARE EXPENDITURES AND INFECTION RISK

Area of Honors:

Interdisciplinary in Health Policy and Administration and Risk Management

Keywords:

Postoperative Infection
Antibiotics
Foot and Ankle Surgery

File:

Download KerriDoyle_PostoperativeAntibioticsFootAndAnkleSurgery.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Marianne Messersmith Hillemeier, Thesis Supervisor
Ron Gebhardtsbauer, Thesis Honors Advisor
Dr. Rhonda Be Lue, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Gong, Elizabeth K

Title:

IMPACT OF AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES ON AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE

Area of Honors:

Risk Management

Keywords:

autonomous vehicles
insurance
automobile
self-driving cars

File:

Download Liz_Gong_Thesis_Final.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Ron Gebhardtsbauer, Thesis Supervisor
Lisa Lipowski Posey, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Tang, Yuxin

Title:

STUDENT DEBT: IMPLICATIONS ON RETIREMENT VIA HOMEOWNERSHIP

Area of Honors:

Risk Management

Keywords:

student loan
education
homeownership
r
defaulting

File:

Download Tang_Yuxin_studentdebt_homeownership_final.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Russell Wade Cooper, Thesis Supervisor
Ron Gebhardtsbauer, Thesis Honors Advisor
Nan Zhu, Faculty Reader

Author:

Lewis, Eric Matthew

Title:

BUILDING A MORE SUSTAINABLE HEALTH INSURANCE MARKET UNDER THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT

Area of Honors:

Actuarial Science

Keywords:

public option
Germany
Affordable Care Act

File:

Download Building_a_More_Sustainable_Health_Insurance_Market_Under_the_Affordable_Care_Act.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Ron Gebhardtsbauer, Thesis Supervisor
Nan Zhu, Faculty Reader
Ron Gebhardtsbauer, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Singh, Pragya

Title:

IMPACT OF THE ECONOMY AND REGULATION ON PENSION RISK TRANSFER

Area of Honors:

Actuarial Science

Keywords:

actuarial
pensions
pension risk transfer

File:

Download final_Final_Thesis_-_Pragya_Singh.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Ron Gebhardtsbauer, Thesis Supervisor
Ron Gebhardtsbauer, Thesis Honors Advisor
Zhongyi Yuan, Faculty Reader

Author:

Shen, Shelley

Title:

LIFE INSURER CHARACTERISTICS THAT FACILITATE AUTOMATED UNDERWRITING IMPLEMENTATION

Area of Honors:

Risk Management

Keywords:

life insurance
automated underwriting

File:

Download Shelley_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Nan Zhu, Thesis Supervisor
Ron Gebhardtsbauer, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Miller, John Z

Title:

PROJECTING EARLY ENTRY INTO THE NFL

Area of Honors:

Actuarial Science

Keywords:

NFL
height
QBR
binomial logistic regression
passer rating
completion percentage
NFL draft
early entry
special eligibility
scout
analytics
starting experience
prediction
regression model

File:

Download NFL_Thesis_Final.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Andrew John Wiesner, Thesis Supervisor
Ron Gebhardtsbauer, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Winters, Lisa

Title:

The Effect of Autonomous Trucking on Commercial Automotive Insurance

Area of Honors:

Risk Management

Keywords:

actuarial
autonomous
technology
insurance

File:

Download Lisa_s_Final_Formatted_Thesis_PDF.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Ron Gebhardtsbauer, Thesis Supervisor
Steven Lee Putterman, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Birch, Paul

Title:

Let's Make it a True Daily Double: Wagering to Win on Jeopardy!

Area of Honors:

Risk Management

Keywords:

Jeopardy!
quiz show
wagering
simulation
game theory
strategy

File:

Download Paul_Birch_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Matthew Logan Reimherr, Thesis Supervisor
Ron Gebhardtsbauer, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Frederick, Ethan S

Title:

COMPARING THE EFFECTIVENESS AND BENEFITS OF EMPLOYER SPONSORED RETIREMENT PLANS IN THE UNITED STATES

Area of Honors:

Risk Management

Keywords:

Actuarial Science
Retirement
Pensions
401(k)

File:

Download Frederick_Ethan_Comparingtheeffectivenessandbenefits.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Ron Gebhardtsbauer, Thesis Supervisor
Ron Gebhardtsbauer, Thesis Honors Advisor
Nan Zhu, Faculty Reader