Description: This is a discussion about utility theory. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1969, Vol. 21 Pt. 2, No. 59

Description: A review of the academic article "Health Insurance for ‘Humans’: Information Frictions, Plan Choice, and Consumer Welfare."

Description: A summary of the driving forces behind, and effects of, the historical increases and future expectations of Generic Dispensing Rates.

Description: Introduces the new behavioral finance subgroup and talks about why such a subgroup is needed.

Description: Article On Making Ourselves Useful In Our Communities by Moorhead in The Actuary, June 1979, Volume 13, Number 6. Gasoline conservation.

Description: This article describes seven results from behavioral finance that actuaries may find useful: heuristics, the endowment effect, loss aversion, prospect theory, satisficing, strategic thinking and agent-based modeling.

Description: The author describes two papers that find that stock returns in the 15 days around the new moon are double the stock returns in the 15 days around the full moon. Is this true, even though psychological studies have established no causal link?

Description: Invites readers to submit topics on the theme of "This Time It's Different. Members will then be invited to submit essays for and against.

Description: This white paper discusses the select research conducted by behavioral economists and other researchers on the increased individual involvement in planning for retirement within the context of a workplace retirement plan.

Description: This document presents the detailed results of a literature search performed during December 2009 - February 2010 to find resources for the report Complexity Science – An Introduction and Invitation for Actuaries.