2020 WRIEC Call for Papers

• Date: 01 December 2019
• Published date: 01 December 2019
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/jori.12305

Call for Papers

World Risk and Insurance Economics Congress (WRIEC)

August 2-6, 2020

New York City

The 4th World Risk and Insurance Economics Congress will take place in New Yor k City from

August 2-6, 2020. The conference will be organized by the American Risk and Insurance

Association and co-organized by the European Group of Risk and Insurance Economists, the

Asia Pacific Risk Insurance Association, and The Geneva Association.

Academicians, PhD students, and other researchers are encouraged to submit a proposal to

present their research. Papers on any risk or insurance related topics are welcome. Specific

subject areas include, but are not limited to, insurance economics, risk management,

behavioral risk perception, law and regulation of insurance and risk transfer mechanisms,

insurance accounting, insurance company operations, corporate governance, health care,

retirement, or employee benefits.

Please use “Key Words” and the JEL's classification codes (placed just below the abstract) to

describe your research.

Executive summaries (not exceeding three pages) that focus on the purpose, expected

results, and importance of the research may be submitted. Completed papers are preferred.

Proposals from doctoral students are encouraged.

The deadline for submission is February 1, 2020. The deadline will not be extended.

Proposals must be submitted electronically on ARIA’s website at http://www.aria.org in

Acrobat (pdf) or Word (.docx) format. The submission link will be available no later than

December 15, 2019. Please remove all author information from your paper (double-blind

review process).

Important information regarding pap er submission:

Papers already accepted for publication should not be submitted. Authors will be notified by

e-mail of the program committee's decision regarding their paper by the end of April 2020.

In order to stay on the program, at least one author must register for the meeting no later

than June 15th, 2020.

Questions concerning the program can be directed to the Program Chair Ty Leve rty,

University of Wisconsin-Madison (wriec2020@gmail.com).

Questions about the meeting should be directed to the ARIA Executive Office (Email:

aria@TheInstitutes.org; Phone: (610) 640-1997).