University of Nevada, Las Vegas

 

 

Paul D. Thistle
Professor of Finance

Department of Finance
College of Business
Office: 530-B BEH
Phone: 702-895-3856
Fax: 702-895-4650
Email: paul.thistle@unlv.edu

Fall 2008 Office Hours: 3:45-5:00 TR and by appointment

Course Syllabi and Course Material
     FIN 321 Corporate Risk Management
     Spring 2008  Syllabus      Course Material  (password required)
     Paper Proposals Due Sept. 16                    

              
List of MS Finance programs  

 

Clark County Voter Registration 

English: http://www.accessclarkcounty.com/depts/election/english/pages/home.aspx#

Spanish: http://www.accessclarkcounty.com/depts/election/Spanish/pages/home_SP.aspx

October 4:

Registration Deadline:  Last day to register to vote or to update your registration for the November 4, 2008 General Election, without having to appear at the Clark County Election Department.

October 5-14:  

In-Office Registration:  Ten-day period to register to vote or to make updates to your registration in person at the Clark County Election Department.

 

 Curriculum Vita (June 2008)

Research

Recent Publications

The Common Law and Its Impact on the Internet,” with R. Aalberts, D. Hames and P. Poon, Advances in Computers, M. Zelkowitz (ed.), Elsevier, forthcoming.  

The Relative Impact of Public Information in Shaping Investor Expectations,” with J. Burnett and C. Carroll, Journal of Applied Business Research, forthcoming.  

The Reasonable Person Negligence Standard and Liability Insurance,” with V. Bajtelsmit, Journal of Risk and Insurance, forthcoming.

A Tale of Two Internet Service Providers: A Risk Management Perspective,” with R. Aalberts and P. Poon, Communications of the ACM, forthcoming.  

Adverse Selection with Frequency and Severity Risk: Alternative Risk-Sharing Provisions,”
with J. Ligon, Journal of Risk and Insurance, forthcoming. 

Moral Hazard and Background Risk in Competitive Insurance Markets,”
with J. Ligon, Economica, forthcoming. 

The Organizational Structure of Insurance Companies: The Role of Heterogeneous Risks and Guarantee Funds
with J. Ligon, Journal of Risk and Insurance, (December 2007) 74: 851-861.

Trespass, Nuisance and Spam: Eleventh Century Common Law Meets the Internet,”
with R. Aalberts and P. Poon, Communications of the ACM, (December 2007) 50: 40-45.

The Effect of Time-on-Market and Location on Search Costs and Anchoring: The Case of Single Family Properties,”with T.M. Clauretie, Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, (August 2007) 35: 181-196.

A Behavioral Model of Insurance Pricing,” with J. Ligon, Journal of Insurance Issues, (Spring 2007) 30: 46-61. (Special Issue: Insurance Cycles).  Donald Hardigree Memorial Outstanding Paper Award

Generalized Probabilistic Egalitarianism,” Research on Economic Inequality, Vol. 15, Equity, Peter Lambert (ed.), JAI Press (2007), 7-32.

 “Rates and Race: An Analysis of Racial Disparity in Mortgage Rates
with T. Boehm and A. Schlottmann, Housing Policy Debate, (2006), 17: 109-149.

The Formation of Mutual Insurers in Markets with Adverse Selection,”with J. Ligon.
Journal of Business, (March 2005), 78: 529-555.

The Property/Liability Insurance Cycle: A Comparison of Alternative Models,” with S. Choi and D. Hardigree,
Southern Economic Journal, (2002), 68: 530-548.

Working Papers

Liability Insurance as Protection Against Legal Error,” with V. Bajtelsmit, July 2008.  

Liability, Insurance and the Incentive to Obtain Information About Risk,” with V. Bajtelsmit, July 2008

“Detours and Frolics on the Internet: Employer Liability and Management Control of Cybertorts,” with R. Aalberts and D. Hames, April 2008, under revision  

Legal Errors and Liability Insurance,” with V. Bajtelsmit, November 2007, revised May 2008.

Changes in Risk and Kinked Payoffs: The Case of Initial Public Offerings with Bankruptcy Risk August 2006.

Negligence, Ignorance and the Demand for Liability Insurance,” with V. Bajtelsmit, August 2006, revised August 2008.

The IPO Market as a Screening Device and the Going Public Decision: Evidence from Acquisitions of Privately- and Publicly-Held Firms,” with T. Mantecon, July 2006

CEO Tenure, the Risk of Termination and Firm Value,” with J. Brookman June 2006, revised July 2008.

A Simple Model of Optimal CEO Turnover,” with J. Brookman, March 2006.

Background Risk in the Principal-Agent Model,” with J. Ligon, March 2006, revised March 2008.

Moral Hazard and Background Risk in Competitive Insurance Markets: The Discrete Effort Case,” with J. Ligon, July 2006.  

Initial Public Offering Disclosure Rules and Information Production Incentives,” with J. Ligon, July 2005.