Justin Sydnor is the Leslie P. Schultz Professor in Risk Management and Insurance and an associate professor in the Department of Risk and Insurance at the Wisconsin School of Business.
He joined the Wisconsin School of Business from Case Western Reserve University, where he was an assistant professor of economics with the Weatherhead School of Management.
His research interests are in psychology and economics, applied microeconomics, (behavioral) industrial organization, insurance markets, and risk and decision making.
Sydnor earned his B.A. in economics and German from UW-Madison and his Ph.D. in economics from the University of California, Berkeley.
Selected Accepted Journal Articles
Yao, Y. & Sydnor, J. & Schmit, J. (2015). Role of Pregnancy in Micro Health Insurance. Journal of Risk and Insurance
Selected Published Journal Articles
Busse, M. & Lacetera, N. & Pope, D. & Silva-Risso, J. & Sydnor, J. (2013).
Estimating the Effect of Salience in Wholesale and Retail Car Markets. American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings (103), 575-579. doi: 10.1257/aer.103.3.575.
Lacetera, N. & Pope, D. & Sydnor, J. (2012).
Heuristic Thinking and Limited Attention in the Car Market. American Economic Review (102), 2206-2236. doi: 10.1257/aer.102.5.2206.
Pope, D. & Sydnor, J. (2011).
Implementing Anti-discrimination Policies in Statistical Profiling Models. American Economic Journal: Economic Policy (3), 206-231. doi: 10.1257/pol.3.3.206.
Garbarino, E. & Slonim, R. & Sydnor, J. (2011).
Digit Ratios (2D:4D) Predict Risk Taking for Men and Women. Journal of Risk and Uncertainty (42), 1-26. doi: 10.1007/s11166-010-9109-6.
Pope, D. & Sydnor, J. (2011).
What's in a Picture? Evidence of Discrimination from Prosper.com. Journal of Human Resources (46), 53-92.
Sydnor, J. (2010).
(Over)Insuring Modest Risks. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics (2), 177-199. doi: 10.1257/app.2.4.177.
Wharton, D. & Sydnor, J. (2010).
Geographic Variation in the Gender Differences in Test Scores. Journal of Economic Perspectives (24), 95-108. doi: 10.1257/jep.24.2.95.
Selected Submitted Journal Articles
Carrera, M. & Royer, H. & Stehr, M. & Sydnor, J. (2017). The Structure of Health Incentives: Evidence from a Field Experiment. Management Science
Presentations
Annual Seminar ( 2014 ) Adverse Selection in Emerging Health Insurance Markets: Evidence from Microinsurance in Pakistan
Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management ( 2012 ) The Difference a Day (Doesn't) Make: Does Longer Time to Repay Reduce Payday Loan Rollovers?
Carnegie Mellon University Department of Social and Decision Sciences Seminar ( 2012 ) The Difference a Day (Doesn't) Make: Does Longer Time to Repay Reduce Payday Loan Rollovers?
Institute for Research on Poverty Series ( 2012 ) Behavioral Economics Insights for Research on Poverty
Boulder Summer Conference on Consumer Financial Decision Making ( 2012 ) Home Purchase and Consumer Finances
Workshop on Natural Experiments and Controlled Field Studies ( 2012 ) Would you Buy a Honda Made in the U.S.?
Center for Financial Security Workshop ( 2012 ) The Difference a Day (Doesn't) Make: Does Longer Time To Repay Reduce Payday Loan Rollovers?
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ( 2012 ) The Difference a Day (Doesn't) Make: Does Longer Time to Repay Reduce Payday Loan Rollovers?
Federal Trade Commission ( 2012 ) Heuristic Thinking and Limited Attention in Car Markets
University of Arkansas Economics Department ( 2012 ) Incentives, Commitments and Habit Formation for Exercise
Cornell Behavioral Economics Seminar ( 2011 ) Incentives and Commitments for Exercise
American Risk and Insurance Association Annual Meeting ( 2011 ) Advantageous or Adverse Selection in Emerging Health Insurance Markets: Evidence from a Micro Health Insurance Program in Pakistan
NBER Summer Institute Health Economics Meeting ( 2011 ) Incentives and Commitments for Exercise
Management and Microeconomics Seminar ( 2011 ) (Over)Insuring Modest Risk
Workshop on Natural Experiments and Controlled Field Studies ( 2011 ) Incentives and Commitments for Exercise
Behavioral Economics Annual Meeting ( 2011 ) Incentives and Commitments for Exercise
American Economic Association Annual Meeting ( 2011 ) Incentives, Commitments and Habit Formation in Exercise
American Economic Association Annual Meeting ( 2011 ) Understanding the Choices of Check-Cashing Customers
Department of Social and Decision Sciences Seminar ( 2010 ) Incentives, Commitments and Habit Formation in Exercise
NBER Summer Institute, Labor Studies Session ( 2010 ) Heurisitic Thinking and Limited Attention in the Car Market
Conference on Biases in Markets ( 2010 ) Heurisitic Thinking and Limited Attention in the Car Market
Behavioral Economics Annual Meeting ( 2010 ) Heurisitic Thinking and Limited Attention in the Car Market
ASRMI Department Seminar ( 2010 ) (Over)Insuring Modest Risks
Undergraduate Courses
Risk Analytics and Behavioral ScienceThis course aims to enhance students' ability to navigate uncertainty. The course provides an overview about what we know about the challenges people face in situations with risk and uncertainty. We will use that knowledge to help students identify decisi
(RMI 660 Section 002), Spring 2016.
Download SyllabusRisk Analytics and Behavioral ScienceThis course aims to enhance students' ability to navigate uncertainty. The course provides an overview about what we know about the challenges people face in situations with risk and uncertainty. We will use that knowledge to help students identify decisi
(RMI 660 Section 003), Spring 2016.
Download SyllabusProperty Risk ManagementComprehensive analysis of loss control and transfer techniques (including insurance), risk management concepts, loss adjustment and underwriting problems, and profitability/regulatory issues concerning the insurance industry. Current topics: large-scale c
(RMI 610 Section 1), Spring 2011.
Property Risk ManagementComprehensive analysis of loss control and transfer techniques (including insurance), risk management concepts, loss adjustment and underwriting problems, and profitability/regulatory issues concerning the insurance industry. Current topics: large-scale c
(RMI 610 Section 1), Fall 2011.
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Seminar in Actuarial Science, Risk Management and InsuranceDoctoral seminar in actuarial science, risk management and insurance with emphasis on developing an appreciation of existing literature and appropriate skills to conduct own scholarly work in the field.
(RMI 920), Spring 2011.
Adv Topics in Risk ManagementExamination of data collection and analysis methods for risk management decisions. Analysis of qualitative and quantitative data to support transfer, retention, and loss control decisions, including loss trending, and evaluation of regulatory controls.
(RMI 820 Section 1), Fall 2010.
Principles of Risk ManagementBackground for advanced work in insurance. Nature of risk, principal techniques of risk management, and the bases for decision making in management of business and personal risks.
(RMI 700 Section 1), Fall 2011.
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