Wei Xu 徐炜

Ph.D. Candidate in Finance
Kemmy Business School
University of Limerick

M.Sc. in Risk Management and Insurance
School of Economics
Fudan University

Research Fields:
Insurance and Uncertainty Economics
Risk Decision Theory
Digital Economics

Research Topics:
Fintech and Insurtech
Digital Technology and Insurance Market Design
Algorithmic Discrimination and Digital Inequality
Ambiguity and Ambiguity Preferences

Ph.D. References:
Prof. Dr. Finbarr Murphy (Ph.D. supervisor)
Prof. Dr. Xian Xu (Ph.D. supervisor)
Prof. Dr. Martin Mullins (Ph.D. supervisor)
Prof. Dr. An Chen

Wei Xu


Published or Accepted Research Papers:
How Does the Insurer's Mobile Application Sales Strategy Perform? (Journal of Risk and Insurance)
Dynamic Communication and Perception of Cyber Risk: Evidence from Big Data in Media (Computers in Human Behavior)

Papers Under Review:
Risk Screening in Digital Insurance Distribution: Evidence and Explanations (Journal of Risk and Insurance, R&R)
Does the Mobile Application Sales Channel Strengthen Insurance Inclusivity? (Updated recently)
Ambiguity Preferences and Insurance-Precaution Relation (Updated recently)

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