Marc A. Ragin

Assistant Professor
- Office
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A417 Moore-Rooker Hall610 S. Lumpkin St.Athens, GA, 30602
- Phone Numbers
- Work706-713-2775
- Email Address
- Workmragin@uga.edu
- Sites
Education
PhD, Actuarial Science, Risk Management & Insurance, University of Wisconsin-Madison,
2014
BBA, Banking & Finance, University of Georgia, 2006
BBA, Risk Management & Insurance, University of Georgia, 2005
Prior Professional Positions
Temple University, Fox School of Business, Department of Risk, Insurance, and Healthcare
Management
Assistant Professor, 2014-2016
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin School of Business, Department of Actuarial
Science, Risk Management, and Insurance
Teaching Assistant, 2010-2014
Lockton Companies, Atlanta, GA
Account Manager, Financial Services, 2006-2009
Amazon.com, Seattle, WA
Intern, Risk Management, 2005
Research Interests
Catastrophe insurance, behavioral insurance, insurance market economics, financial markets, insurer operations and strategy
Selected Publications
Journal Articles
Jaspersen, J., Ragin, M., & Sydnor, J. (2020). Linking Subjective and Incentivized
Risk Attitudes: The Importance of Losses. Forthcoming in Journal of Risk and Uncertainty.
Ragin, M., Collier, B. & Jaspersen, J. (2020). The Effect of Information Disclosure
on Demand for High-Load Insurance. Forthcoming in The Journal of Risk and Insurance
Collier, B. & Ragin, M. (2019). The Influence of Sellers on Contract Choice: Evidence
from Flood Insurance. Forthcoming in The Journal of Risk and Insurance
Ragin, M. & Xu, J. (2018). An Ex Post Assessment of Investor Response to Catastrophes.
North American Actuarial Journal. 23(2): 250-275
Ragin, M., & Halek, M. (2016). Market Expectations Following Catastrophes: An Examination
of Insurance Broker Returns. The Journal of Risk and Insurance. 83(4): 849-876.
Working Papers
Jaspersen, J., Ragin, M., & Sydnor, J. (2020). Predicting Insurance Demand from Risk Attitudes.
Jaspersen, J., Ragin, M., & Sydnor, J. (2020). Experimental Studies of Insurance Demand Using Amazon Mechanical Turk.
Jaspersen, J., Peter, R., & Ragin, M. (2020). Probability Weighting: An Incomplete Solution for Insurance Demand Puzzles.
Eastman, E., Kim, K., & Ragin, M. (2020). Gains Trading as an Earnings Management Tool: The Case of Property-Casualty Insurers.