Professor Remy Levin is featured in the current issue of UConn Today:

Economics Students Gain Research Experience in Historic Risk Lab

A UConn economics professor has assembled one of the largest known collections of historical insurance policies from the whaling industry. Now, he’s opened that archive to undergraduates for a hands-on research opportunity preparing them for their futures.

In Connecticut, a state once known as a hub of the American whaling industry and home to the “Insurance Capital of the World,” UConn economics majors are learning how these two industries intersected in the 19th century through a unique undergraduate research experience.

Remy Levin, assistant professor of economics, leads the Historic Risk Lab, which studies risk-taking and insurance in the whaling industry. A behavioral economist who specializes in decision-making under uncertainty, Levin has spent the past two years assembling one of the largest known collections of historical insurance policies from any industry in the 1800s.

Now, he’s opened that archive to undergraduates for a hands-on research opportunity that connects economic theory with real-world application…

Read the full article at UConn Today:

Economics Students Gain Research Experience in Historic Risk Lab

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