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Carson, James Michael ISU Faculty Member

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Faculty, Finance, Insurance and Law

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article
- Debunking the capitalization myth.. Best's Review. 99
- Illustrating the issue.. Best's Review. 98
- An empirical examination of sample selection methods in the context of life insurer financial distress.. Journal of Insurance Issues. 26:114-128. 2003
- Room for recovery.. Best's Review. 2003
- The nature and causes of variation in insurance policy yields: Whole life and universal life.. Journal of Insurance Issues. 23:30-47. 2003
- An Analysis of Gross Rates of Recovery in the Auto Salvage Marketplace.. CPCU Journal. 55:1. 2002
- Anticipating the benefits.. Best's Review. 2002
- On the merits of in-force cash value life insurance.. Journal of Financial Service Professionals. 56:69-75. 2002
- The influence of compensation on product recommendations made by insurance agents.. Journal of Business Ethics. 40:167-176. 2002
- An examination of policy yields: Participating whole life and universal life.. Journal of Financial Service Professionals. 55:66-70. 2001
- Dynamic Financial Models of Life Insurers.. North American Actuarial Journal. 5:11-26. 2001
- Universal Truths.. Best's Review. 2001
- Catching fraud on the inside.. Best's Review. 2000
- Suitability and life insurance policy replacement: An analytical tool.. Journal of Insurance Regulation. 18:427-447. 2000
- The insurance firm internal auditor as fraud-buster.. Society of Chartered Property & Casualty Underwriters. 53:168-180. 2000
- The relationship of insurer characteristics and life insurance surrender values.. Journal of Financial Service Professionals. 54:86-90. 2000
- Changes in mutual life insurer ownership form.. Journal of Financial Service Professionals. 53:52-58. 1999
- Economic and market predictors of insolvencies in the life-health insurance industry.. Journal of Risk & Insurance. 66:643-659. 1999
- Insurance Company-Level Determinants of Life Insurance Product Performance.. Journal of Insurance Regulation. 18:195. 1999
- The Purdue 'experiment'.. Engineered Systems. 15:90. 1998
- An analysis of life insurance illustrations.. Journal of Insurance Regulation. 15:480-501. 1997
- Illustrated versus actual universal life insurance cash values.. Journal of the American Society of CLU & ChFC. 51:60-65. 1997
- Life insurers and the run on the insurer exposure.. Journal of the American Society of CLU & ChFC. 51:44-48. 1997
- Buy Term or Cash Value? The Debate Continues - Because of the competition between term and cash value products, it's important for the industry to understand all of the factors such as risk levels, credited interest rates, surrender. Mortality and expense charges related to both these policies.. Best's Review. 1996
- Determinants of universal life insurance cash values.. Journal of Risk & Insurance. 63:673-681. 1996
- Life insurer financial distress: Classification models and empirical evidence.. Journal of Risk & American Society of CLU & ChFC. 49:764-775. 1995
- Measuring the financial impact of backdating a life insurance contract.. Journal of the American Society of CLU & ChFC. 49:72-76. 1995
- Backdating of life insurance contracts: An examination.. Journal of Insurance Regulation. 13:185-200. 1994
- Financial Management of Insurance Companies by John J. Hampton.. The Journal of risk and insurance. 61:557. 1994
- An Econometric Analysis of the Demand for Life Insurance Policy Loans.. Journal of Risk & Insurance. 59:239-251. 1992
- Globalizing Compensation: Extending Stock Option and Equity Participation Plans Abroad.. Benefits Quarterly. 6:100. 1990
- Review of Employee Benefit Programs: A Total Compenstation Perspective, by Robert M. McCaffery.. Benefits Quarterly. 5:68. 1989
- Review of Pension Planning, by Everett T. Allen Jr., Joseph J. Melone, Jerry S. Rosenbloom and Jack L. VanDerhei.. Benefits Quarterly. 4:83. 1988
- Review of The Health Economy, by Victor R. Fuchs.. Benefits Quarterly. 3:58. 1987
book
- Life Insurance Analysis: Policy and Company Performance.. Marina del Rey, CA: IONA Pub.. 1996
thesis or dissertation
- Identifying life insurer financial distress: Parametric and nonparametric classification models, insolvency theories and empirical evidence. 1993