Richard J. Butler
Prof., Department of Economics, Brigham Young University, USA
EDUCATION:
Ph.D., 1979, Department of Economics, University of Chicago Thesis Committee: James Heckman (Noble prize winner), Nick Kiefer, T. W. Schultz (Noble prize winner)
SELECTED AWARDS:
Martha Jane Knowlton Coray Professorship, 2004-2010.
2004, Robert I. Mehr Award for best insurance article published in 1994 (“Econometric Analysis of Workers’ Compensation Trends”), American Risk and Insurance Association.
2002, Kemper Award for the Best Feature Article in 2000-01 in the Risk Management and Insurance Review entitled "Insurers' Demutualization Decisions."
Robert I. Mehr Award for the article published in 1991 in Journal of Risk and Insurance (“Claims Reporting and Risk Bearing Moral Hazard in Workers Compensation”) that has best stood the test of time (awarded 2001).
Kulp-Wright Award for best book in Insurance and Risk Management published in 1999 (awarded 2001), for The Economics of Social Insurance and Employee Benefits (Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1999).
C. Arthur Williams, Jr. Professor of Insurance, Industrial Relations Center, University of Minnesota, 1994-2000.
Karl G. Maeser Research Award, Brigham Young University, 1991.
Young Scholar University Award, Brigham Young University, 1989-1992.
Life Member and Past President, Risk Theory Society.
