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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:

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:

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:

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:

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:

Tygh, Colleen Alyssa

Title:

Should the Public or Private Sector Insure Cyber Risks?

Area of Honors:

Actuarial Science

Keywords:

actuarial science
risk management
cyber
insurance

File:

Download Colleen_Tygh_Final_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Zhongyi Yuan, Thesis Supervisor
Richard Lee London, 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:

Li, Michelle

Title:

Statistical Properties of the Risk Transfer Formula in the Affordable Care Act

Area of Honors:

Statistics

Keywords:

health care
insurance
affordable care act
actuarial science

File:

Download Michelle_Li_Final_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Donald Richards, Thesis Supervisor
Murali Haran, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Callahan, Michael G

Title:

MARGINAL PRICING: AN EDUCATIONAL MODEL TO PRICE CORRELATED RISKS IN INSURANCE

Area of Honors:

Mathematics

Keywords:

actuarial science
mathematics
stochastic
monte carlo
insurance
finance
simulation
pricing model

File:

Download Callahan_Michael_MargPrice.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Nan Zhu, Thesis Supervisor
Dennis Keith Pearl, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

California, Margot

Title:

The Elimination of Gender as a Rating Factor in Insurance Pricing

Area of Honors:

Actuarial Science

Keywords:

insurance
insurance pricing
gender discrimination
actuarial science
automobile insurance
life insurance
insurance policy
California's Gender Non-Discrimination in Automobile Insurance
Gender Directive
EU Gender Directive
Adverse Selection
Law of Large Numbers
Asymmetric Information

File:

Download The_Elimination_of_Gender_as_a_Rating_Factor_in_Insurance_Pricing.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Nan Zhu, Thesis Supervisor
Steven Lee Putterman, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Grabowski, Connor

Title:

Beating the Vegas Spread: Using Multiple Regression to Predict the Outcome of College Basketball Games

Area of Honors:

Actuarial Science

Keywords:

actuarial science
sports
gambling
statistics
regression
actuarial
actuary
basketball

File:

Download Thesis_Final.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Steven L Putterman, Thesis Supervisor
Andrew John Wiesner, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Cikowski, Shannon Patricia

Title:

The Future of Pricing and Selling Flood Insurance in the United States

Area of Honors:

Statistics

Keywords:

actuarial science
flood risk
flood insurance
catastrophe
insurance

File:

Download Cikowski_Shannon_The_Future_of_Selling_and_Pricing_Flood_Insurance.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Zhongyi Yuan, Thesis Supervisor
David Russell Hunter, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Westfall, Gregory

Title:

The Expansion-Related Effects of Short-Term, Limited Duration Insurance on Policyholders and the Affordable Care Act Individual Marketplace

Area of Honors:

Actuarial Science

Keywords:

actuarial science
insurance
health insurance
STLDI
ACA

File:

Download The_Expansion-Related_Effects_of_Short-Term__Limited_Duration_Insurance_on_Policyholders_and_the_Affordable_Care_Act_Individual_Marketplace.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Nan Zhu, Thesis Supervisor
Matthew D Beckman, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Richardsen, Lucas

Title:

The Effect of a National Paid Family Leave Program on Formal Long-Term Care Spending in the U.S.

Area of Honors:

Actuarial Science

Keywords:

paid family leave
long-term care
actuarial science
modeling
public policy

File:

Download Richardsen_Thesis_Final.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Amanda W Hammell, Thesis Supervisor
Amanda W Hammell, Thesis Honors Advisor
Zhongyi Yuan, Faculty Reader