Lisa L. Posey

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Associate Professor, Director, Faculty Director of Smeal College Business Fundamentals Certificate Program

Department Risk Management
Office Address 369 Business Building
Email Address llp3@psu.edu

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Lisa Posey is an Associate Professor specializing in Insurance Economics and Markets. Dr. Posey has studied the insurance underwriting cycle, pricing issues, availability crises in liability insurance markets, insurance distribution systems, attorney involvement in out of court settlements, transmission of information through contracting, and the simultaneous demand for insurance and gambling, among other things. Her research has been published in the Journal of Risk and Insurance, the Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, the Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, the International Review of Law and Economics, the Journal of Urban Economics, the Journal of Insurance Issues and the Journal of Actuarial Practice. Professor Posey's teaching interests include commercial insurance markets and corporate risk management at both the M.B.A. and undergraduate levels.

Expertise

Dr Posey's research focuses on economic modeling of insurance markets with and without asymmetric information.

Education

MS, Genetics, The Pennsylvania State University, 2008

Ph D, Applied Economics, The University of Pennsylvania, 1992

MA, Applied Economics, The University of Pennsylvania, 1991

BA, Economics, Rutgers University, 1988

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