Sharon Tennyson
Biographic Data
| ID | 1542269 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sharon Tennyson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sharon |
| FAMILY NAME | Tennyson |
| SIGNATURE | TENNYSON S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Cornell University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9674-6410 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Who purchases flood insurance, and why? Evidence from the Hudson valley
School-based health centers and rural community health
School-based health centers (SBHCs) provide comprehensive health care services to children through facilities that are located directly within their school. Although traditionally located in low-income urban communities, SBHCs are becoming more prevalent in rural schools, and we propose that they may have important positive impacts in those communities. By reducing distance to care providers, capitalizing on the role of schools as a known local i…
My Wife Is My Insurance Policy: Household Bargaining and Couples’ Purchase of Long-Term Care Insurance
This paper examines household decisions over long-term care insurance (LTCI) purchases through a bargaining lens. Long-term care insurance purchase is a discrete decision around which spouses’ interests may diverge substantially. The cost of buying LTCI is typically borne by both spouses, but the benefits of LTCI go disproportionately to women, who are more likely to need long-term care for themselves, and to benefit from the asset protection and…
EU intermediary regulation and its impact on insurance agent quality: Evidence from Germany
Effects of informational nudges on consumer debt repayment behaviors
The role of life experience in long-term care insurance decisions
Moral, Social, and Economic Dimensions of Insurance Claims Fraud
Sharon Tennyson Moral, Social, and Economic Dimensions of Insurance Claims Fraud CONSUMER DISHONESTY STEMS FROM A COMPLEX INTERPLAY OF motivations and circumstances, moderated by morality, opportunity, social norms, and institutional context. The complexity is perhaps nowhere more apparent than in the case of insurance fraud, particu larly claims fraud. Claims fraud may arise as a result of deliberate plan ning or casual opportunity, and in eac…
The Liability Maze: The Impact of Liability Law on Safety and Innovation
Controlling Automobile Insurance Costs
We begin by providing an overview of the auto insurance system and the structure of the auto insurance market. We then turn to an analysis of the factors underlying the auto insurance price increases experienced in recent years. We find that the auto insurance inflation of the 1980s was caused primarily by increases in cost factors, especially inflation in the severity of personal injury claims. There is no persuasive evidence that increasing pro…
Effects of informational nudges on consumer debt repayment behaviors
School-based health centers and rural community health
School-based health centers (SBHCs) provide comprehensive health care services to children through facilities that are located directly within their school. Although traditionally located in low-income urban communities, SBHCs are becoming more prevalent in rural schools, and we propose that they may have important positive impacts in those communities. By reducing distance to care providers, capitalizing on the role of schools as a known local i…
The role of life experience in long-term care insurance decisions
Controlling Automobile Insurance Costs
We begin by providing an overview of the auto insurance system and the structure of the auto insurance market. We then turn to an analysis of the factors underlying the auto insurance price increases experienced in recent years. We find that the auto insurance inflation of the 1980s was caused primarily by increases in cost factors, especially inflation in the severity of personal injury claims. There is no persuasive evidence that increasing pro…
The Liability Maze: The Impact of Liability Law on Safety and Innovation
The Liability Maze: The Impact of Liability Law on Safety and Innovation
Controlling Automobile Insurance Costs
We begin by providing an overview of the auto insurance system and the structure of the auto insurance market. We then turn to an analysis of the factors underlying the auto insurance price increases experienced in recent years. We find that the auto insurance inflation of the 1980s was caused primarily by increases in cost factors, especially inflation in the severity of personal injury claims. There is no persuasive evidence that increasing pro…
Moral, Social, and Economic Dimensions of Insurance Claims Fraud
Sharon Tennyson Moral, Social, and Economic Dimensions of Insurance Claims Fraud CONSUMER DISHONESTY STEMS FROM A COMPLEX INTERPLAY OF motivations and circumstances, moderated by morality, opportunity, social norms, and institutional context. The complexity is perhaps nowhere more apparent than in the case of insurance fraud, particu larly claims fraud. Claims fraud may arise as a result of deliberate plan ning or casual opportunity, and in eac…
The role of life experience in long-term care insurance decisions
Effects of informational nudges on consumer debt repayment behaviors
EU intermediary regulation and its impact on insurance agent quality: Evidence from Germany
My Wife Is My Insurance Policy: Household Bargaining and Couples’ Purchase of Long-Term Care Insurance
This paper examines household decisions over long-term care insurance (LTCI) purchases through a bargaining lens. Long-term care insurance purchase is a discrete decision around which spouses’ interests may diverge substantially. The cost of buying LTCI is typically borne by both spouses, but the benefits of LTCI go disproportionately to women, who are more likely to need long-term care for themselves, and to benefit from the asset protection and…
School-based health centers and rural community health
School-based health centers (SBHCs) provide comprehensive health care services to children through facilities that are located directly within their school. Although traditionally located in low-income urban communities, SBHCs are becoming more prevalent in rural schools, and we propose that they may have important positive impacts in those communities. By reducing distance to care providers, capitalizing on the role of schools as a known local i…
Who purchases flood insurance, and why? Evidence from the Hudson valley
Business (9 works) · Economics (8 works) · Actuarial science (6 works) · Economic growth (3 works) · Health care (3 works) · Insurance policy (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Psychology (3 works)