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Published Papers

• Comparative risk aversion in two periods: An application to self-insurance and self-protection (single-authored) [Journal of Risk and Insurance, Volume 89, Issue 1, pp. 97–130, 2022].

• Estimating extreme cancellation rates in life insurance (with Francesca Biagini, Johannes Jaspersen, and Andrea Mazzon) [Journal of Risk and Insurance, Volume 88, Issue 4, pp. 971–1000, 2021]. 

• On the change of risk aversion in wealth: A field experiment in a closed economic system (with Johannes Jaspersen, Andreas Richter, and Dennis Strümpel) [Experimental Economics, Volume 26, Issue 1, pp. 1–26, 2023]. 

Working Papers and Other Publications

• Households' appetite for a free lunch: Evidence from flood insurance (with Benjamin Collier, Johannes Jaspersen, and Andreas Richter).

• Versicherung als Instrument des Cyber-Risikomanagements (Insurance as a means of cyber risk management; with Verena Heisz, Oliver Lehmeyer, Stephanie Müller, and Andreas Richter; in German) [MRIC Executive Report]

Awards

• Verein zur Förderung der Versicherungswissenschaft in Hamburg: Excellence Award, Prize for a doctoral thesis with significant contribution to the insurance industry

• The Geneva Association: Ernst Meyer Prize, Award for a doctoral thesis with significant and original contribution to the study of risk and insurance economics

• Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich: Merit scholarship for outstanding academic achievements during doctoral studies

• Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich: Job Market Fellowship Program of the Munich School of Management

• Paris-Lodron-Universität in Salzburg: Merit scholarship for outstanding academic achievements

Referee Service for Academic Journals

• Applied Economics Letters

• Decisions in Economics and Finance

• Geneva Risk and Insurance Review

• Insurance: Mathematics and Economics

• Journal of Insurance Issues

• Journal of Risk and Insurance

• Risk Analysis

Presentations

• Allied Social Sciences Annual Meeting 2020 (San Diego, USA)

• American Risk and Insurance Association Annual Meeting 2017 (Toronto, Canada), 2018 (Chicago, USA), 2019 (San Francisco, USA), 2020 (remote presentation) 

• Annual Meeting of the German Insurance Association 2017 (Berlin, Germany)

• CEAR/MRIC Behavioral Insurance Workshop 2018 (Munich, Germany)

• Coburg University of Applied Sciences 2021 (remote presentation)

• European Group of Risk and Insurance Economists Seminar 2018 (Nürnberg, Germany)

• Frankfurt Insurance Research Workshop 2017 (Frankfurt, Germany)

• International Congress of Actuaries 2018 (Berlin, Germany)

• St. John's University 2019 (New York City, USA)

• Temple University 2019 (Philadelphia, USA)

• University of Georgia 2019 Ph.D. Student Research Symposium (Athens, USA)

• University of New South Wales 2023 (Sydney, Australia)