CEAR/MRIC Behavioral Insurance Workshop 2024

General Information

The workshop will be hosted by the Munich Risk and Insurance Center (MRIC) at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) in Munich, Germany, and organized by Andreas Richter and Jörg Schiller. It will be held in cooperation with the Center for the Economic Analysis of Risk (CEAR) at Georgia State University. The preliminary schedule has Professors Christine Laudenbach (Goethe University Frankfurt) and Daniel Gottlieb (London School of Economics) giving plenary talks.

Call for Papers

The CEAR/MRIC Behavioral Insurance Workshop invites researchers to submit papers that offer new experimental, econometric or theoretical insights into human behavior in the insurance context. Submissions should have an insurance and/or decision under risk and uncertainty background and establish a link to non-traditional demand or supply theories. The workshop will take place in Munich, Germany, on December 17/18, 2024. Please submit proposals electronically to richter@lmu.de as file attachment in PDF format by July 31, 2024. For further information, please see the call for papers below.

Call for Papers (PDF, 137 KB).

Scientific Review Committee

Glenn Harrison, Georgia State University
Johannes Jaspersen, LMU Munich
Martin Kocher, University of Vienna
Alexander Mürmann, Vienna University of Economics and Business
Charles Noussair, University of Arizona
Andreas Richter, LMU Munich
Jörg Schiller, University of Hohenheim
Justin Sydnor, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Accommodation

Munich is a highly sought-after travel destination, particularly during the festive Christmas season. The MRIC has blocked a contingent of rooms for a set conference rate at the following two hotels.

HOtello is located at Hohenzollernstraße 9, 80801 Munich, just a 10-minute walk from the workshop venue. They offer 20 Boutique Rooms, which are street-side, and 20 Courtyard Rooms, which face the inner courtyard. The Boutique Rooms are priced at EUR 119 for single occupancy and EUR 134 for double occupancy. The Courtyard Rooms are EUR 132 for single occupancy and EUR 147 for double occupancy. Breakfast, available in French or vegetarian style, is served from 7:00 to 10:30. They will keep the rooms available until November 15, 2024. For inquiries, you can call +49 89 309 077 0 or email schwabing@hotello.de. A credit card is required to guarantee bookings. Please use the code “Behavioral Insurance Workshop 2024” for bookings.
- HOtello Schwabing

Carlton Astoria is located at Fürstenstraße 12, 80333 Munich, and is closer to the Altstadt (Old Town) of Munich. They offer 15 Comfort Single Rooms and 5 Boutique Single Rooms. Comfort Single Rooms are priced at EUR 110, while Boutique Single Rooms are EUR 115. Breakfast is included in the room rate. They will keep the rooms available until November 2, 2024. You can contact them by phone at +49 89 383 963 0 or email welcome@hotel-carlton.de, using the code “BIW 2024” for your booking.
- Carlton Astoria Hotel