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The Department of Finance pursues active research and teaching programs, keeping faculty and students at the cutting edge of finance theory and practice. Here, students receive the training which prepares them for the quantitative and analytical challenges in both the business and academic fields. |
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Paul Thistle, Ph.D.Department Chair |
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Professor Thistle, originally from New Jersey, 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 Alabama, University of Arizona and Western Michigan University. During 1990-1991 he was a Heubner Post-Doctoral Fellow in Insurance at the Wharton School. His current research interests are primarily in insurance economics and corporate finance. He has published in the American Economic Review, Econometrica, Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance Theory, Journal of Business, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Journal of Risk and Insurance, and Review of Economics and Statistics. |
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Selected Research |
- Paul Thistle, R. Aalberts, D. Hames "Detours and Frolics on the Internet: Employer Liability and Management Control of Cybertorts." Journal of Business Research, forthcoming.
- Paul Thistle, J. Brookman "CEO Tenure, the Risk of Termination and Firm Value." Journal of Corporate Finance, forthcoming.
- Paul Thistle, J. Ligon. "Adverse Selection with Frequency and Severity Risk: Alternative Risk-Sharing Provisions." Journal of Risk and Insurance, Vol. 75, December 2008. pp. 825-846.
- Paul Thistle, Robert Aalberts, Percy Poon. "A Tale of Two Internet Service Providers: A Risk Management Perspective." Communications of the ACM, forthcoming.
- Paul Thistle, V. Bajtelsmit. "The Reasonable Person Negligence Standard and Liability Insurance." Journal of Risk and Insurance, Vol. 75, December 2008, pp. 815-823.
- Paul Thistle, J. Ligon. "The Organizational Structure of Insurance Companies The Role of Heterogeneous Risks and Guaranty Funds." Journal of Risk and Insurance, Vol. 74, December 2007, pp. 851-861.
- Paul Thistle. "Generalized Probabilistic Egalitarianism." Research on Economic Inequality, Vol. 15, Equity, P. Lambert (ed.), (JAI Press/Elsevier) 2007, pp. 7-32.
- Paul Thistle, J. Ligon. "A Behavioral Model of Insurance Pricing." Journal of Insurance Issues, Vol. 30, Spring 2007, pp. 46-61 (Donald Hardigree Memorial Outstanding Paper Award).
- Paul Thistle, J. Ligon. "Moral Hazard and Background Risk in Competitive Insurance Markets." Economica, Vol. 75, November 2008, pp. 700-709
- Paul Thistle, Mike Clauretie. "The Effect of Time-on-Market and Location on Search Costs and Anchoring: The Case of Single Family Properties." Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, Vol. 35, August 2007, pp. 181-196.
- Paul Thistle, T. Boehm, Alan Schlottmann. "Rates and Race An Analysis of Racial Disparity in Mortgage Rates." Housing Policy Debate, Vol. 17, 2006, pp. 109-149.
- Paul Thistle, J. Ligon. "The Formation of Mutual Insurers in Markets with Adverse Selection." Journal of Business, Vol. 78, April 2005, pp. 529-555.
- Paul Thistle, Seungmook Choi, Donald Hardigree. "The Property-Liability Underwriting Cycle A Comparison of Alternative Models." Southern Economic Journal, Vol. 68, January 2002, pp. 530-548.
- Paul Thistle, M. Higgins. "Capacity Constraints and the Dynamics of Underwriting Profits." Economic Inquiry, Vol. 28, July 2000, pp. 442-457.
- Paul Thistle, Robert Aalberts, Percy Poon. "Trespass, Nuisance and Spam Eleventh Century Common Law Meets the Internet." Communications of the ACM, Vol. 50, Issues 12, December 2007, pp. 40-45.
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Contact Information |
College of Business
Department of Finance
4505 Maryland Parkway Box 456008
Las Vegas, NV 89154-6008
Phone: (702) 895-3856
Fax: (702) 895-4650
Email: paul.thistle@unlv.edu
Website: http://faculty.unlv.edu/pthistle
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Class Schedule |
- Fall 2009
- FIN 321-1 Corporate Risk Management M W 2:30 - 3:45 pm BEH-104
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