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Benjamin Collier

Associate Professor | Risk and Insurance
Welch Family Professor in Business

About Benjamin

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

WSB Stories

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WSB’s Benjamin Collier Examines Risk and Rising Costs Amid Changing Climate

From hurricanes and hailstorms to wildfires and floods, natural disasters are increasingly wreaking physical—and financial—havoc across the world. Fueled by a changing climate, the phenomenon is creating a complex knot…

The New Minds of Business: WSB Welcomes 12 New Faculty Members

Twelve new faculty members across seven departments will join the Wisconsin School of Business at the University of Wisconsin–Madison this fall, bringing research and teaching expertise to high-demand fields in…

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