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Benjamin Collier

Associate Professor | Risk and Insurance

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Selected Published Journal Articles

Collier, B. & Powell, L. & Ragin, M. & You, X. (2025). Financing Negative Shocks: Evidence from Hurricane Harvey Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis

Collier, B. & Ellis, C. (2024). A Demand Curve for Disaster Recovery Loans Econometrica

Collier, B. & Schwartz, D. & Kunreuther, H. & Michel-Kerjan, E. (2022). Insuring Large Stakes: A Normative and Descriptive Analysis of Households’ Flood Insurance Coverage Journal of Risk and Insurance

Ragin, M. & Collier, B. & Jaspersen, J. (2021). The Effect of Information Disclosure on Demand for High-Load Insurance Journal of Risk and Insurance

Collier, B. & Haughwout, A. & Kunreuther, H. & Michel-Kerjan, E. (2020). Firms’ Management of Infrequent Shocks Journal of Money, Credit and Banking

Collier, B. (2020). Strengthening Local Credit Markets Through Lender-Level Index Insurance Journal of Risk and Insurance

Collier, B. & Ragin, M. (2020). The Influence of Sellers on Contract Choice: Evidence from Flood Insurance Journal of Risk and Insurance

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