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Paul Thistle is Professor of Finance at the University of Nevada Las Vegas. He earned his B.B.A. from the University of Portland and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Economics from Texas A&M University. Prior to joining the Department, he taught at the University of Arizona, the University of Alabama and Western Michigan University. During 1990-1991 he was a Heubner Post-Doctoral Fellow in Insurance at the Wharton School. He teaches  courses in insurance and risk management and corporate risk management as well as other courses in finance. He served as Chair of the Finance Department from 2009-2015. He is a former President of the American Risk and Insurance Association, the Risk Theory Society and the Western Risk and Insurance Association.
His research interests are primarily in insurance economics and corporate finance. His current projects focus on liability insurance, public policy on the use of genetic tests in insurance and on CEO compensation. He has published in the American Economic Review, Econometrica, Geneva Risk and Insurance Review, Journal of Business, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Corporate Finance, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Journal of Health Economics, Journal of Risk and Insurance, Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, Review of Economics and Statistics and other journals.
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FIN 301 1003 MW 2:30-3:45 pm remote |
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MBA 765 1001 MW 5:30-6:45 remote |
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| Selected Research |
| The Relative Imprortance of CEOs and Non-CEOs Over Firm Performance, (with A. Bolinger and J. Brookman), Journal of Management and Organization, forthcoming. |
| Large Losses and Equilibrium in Insurance Markets, (with L. Posey), Geneva Risk and Insurance Review, 2019 44(2): 222-244. |
| The Use of Genetic Testing Information in the Insurance Industry: An Ethical and Societal Analysis of Public Policy Options, with A. Nill and E. Laczniak, Journal of Business Ethics, (2019) 156: 105-121 |
| Automobile Insurance and Driver Ability: Contract Choice as a Screening Mechanism (with L. Posey), Geneva Risk and Insurance Review, (2017) 42: 141-170 |
| Endogenous Information, Adverse Selection and Prevention: Implications for Genetic Testing Policy, with R. Peter and A. Richter, Journal of Health Economics, (2017), 55:95-107. |
| The Effect of Ambiguity on Risk Management Choices: An Experimental Study, with V.Bajtelsmit and J. Coates, Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, (2015) 50: 249-280. |
Liability, Insurance and the Incentive to Obtain Information About Risk, with V. Bajtelsmit, Geneva Risk and Isurance Revew, (2015) 40:171-193. SCOR-GRIR Best Paper Award, Vol. 40, 2015. |
| Managerial Compensation: Luck, Skill or Labor Markets, with J. Brookman, Journal of Corporate Finance, (2013) 21: 252-268. |
| Background Risk in the Principal Agent Model, with J. Ligon, Geneva Risk and Insurance Review, (2013) 38:115-126. |
| The IPO Market as a Screening Device and the Going Public Decision: Evidence from Acquisitions of Privately- and Publicly-Held Firms, with T. Mantecon, Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, (October, 2011) 37: 325-361. |
| A Tale of Two Internet Service Providers: A Risk Management Perspective, with R. Aalberts and P. Poon, Communications of the ACM, (April, 2010) 53: 119-123. |
| Negligence, Ignorance and the Demand for Liability Insurance, with V. Bajtelsmit, Geneva Risk and Insurance Review, (December 2009) 34:105-116 |
| Detours and Frolics on the Internet: Employer Liability and Management Control of Cybertorts, with R. Aalberts and D. Hames, Journal of Business Research, (December 2009) 62:1335-1341. |
| CEO Tenure, the Risk of Termination and Firm Value, with J. Brookman, Journal of Corporate Finance, (June 2009) 15: 1335-1341 |
| The Reasonable Person Negligence Standard and Liability Insurance, with V. Bajtelsmit, Journal of Risk and Insurance, (December 2008), 75:815-823. |
| Adverse Selection with Frequency and Severity Risk: Alternative Risk Sharing Provisions, with J. Ligon, Journal of Risk and Insurance, (December 2008), 75: 825-846 |
| More publications and working papers, HERE |
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