MARTIN GRACE, PhD, JD James S. Kemper Professor of Risk Management (404) 413-7469 mgrace@gsu.edu

Martin F. Grace is Associate Director and Research Associate of the Center for Risk Management and Insurance Research. Dr. Grace's research has been published in various journals in economics and insurance concerning the economics and public policy aspects of insurance regulation and taxation. In particular, Dr. Grace has undertaken various studies of the efficiency of insurance firms, insurance taxation, optimal regulation of insurance in a federal system, and solvency regulation. Dr. Grace is a former President of The Risk Theory Society and he is a current associate editor of the Journal of Risk and Insurance.

Dr. Grace earned both a Ph.D. in economics and a J.D. from the University of Florida in 1987. He joined the faculty of the Department of Risk Management and Insurance as an Assistant Professor of Legal Studies in the fall of 1987. In 1993 Dr. Grace was promoted to Associate Professor with appointments in both Legal Studies and Risk Management and Insurance. In 1998 Dr. Grace was promoted to Professor of Legal Studies and Risk Management and Insurance and in 2002, Professor Grace was named the James S. Kemper Professor of Risk Management.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
	"Household Life Cycle Protection: Life Insurance Holdings, Financial Vulnerability and Portfolio Implications," with Yijia Lin74 The Journal of Risk and Insurance. 141-173  (2007). "The Allocation of Governmental Regulatory Authority:  Federalism and the Case of Insurance Regulation," with Richard D. Phillips 74 The Journal of Risk and Insurance 207-238 (2007). "Experimental Evidence on Coverage Choices and Contract Prices in the Market for Corporate Insurance," with Michael Rebello and Gautam Gotswami, 11 Journal of Experimental Economics 67-95 (2008). "Regulator Performance, Regulatory Environment and Outcomes: An Examination of Insurance Regulator Career Incentives on State Insurance Markets," with Richard Phillips, 32 Journal of Banking and Finance 116-133 (2008). "Catastrophe Loss Reserves: The Case of Florida," with Andreas Miladonis, 38 ASTIN Bulletin 13-51 (2008). "The Effect of Insurance Premium Taxes on Employment," with David Sjoquist and Laura Wheeler 100 Proceedings of the National Tax Association 34-42 (2008). "The Perfect Storm: Hurricanes, Insurance and Regulation," with Robert W. Klein, 12 Risk Management & Insurance Review 81-124 (2009). "Issues in Measuring the Efficiency of Property-Liability Insurers," with J. Tyler Leverty, forthcoming Journal of Banking and Finance.
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