题目：Trends and Outlook for Global Insurance Industry An Application to Productivity Analysis of Insurance Firms
主讲人： Kalyan (Kal) Chakraborty  Associated Director （University of West Florida）
时间：2016年12月29日 上午9：00
地点：主楼418
主讲人介绍：
    Dr. Kalyan (Kal) Chakraborty (known to his students and colleagues as ‘Dr. Kal’) is Associated Director and Senior Research Scientist, Haas Center for Research at University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida.  Dr. Kal teaches at the Marketing and Economics department in the School of Business. Dr. Chakraborty got his PhD in Economics from Utah State University.  Dr. Kal came to the Haas Center in 2016 from Emporia State University, Kansas where he was a tenured full professor of economics in the School of Business.  He has over 20 years of university teaching experience.  His research interests include: applied microeconomics, regional economics, resource and recreational economics, economics of public education, and economics of biotechnology and policy. In his career Dr. Kal has received several awards for research including Emporia State University President’s Award for research and creativity (2013) and Jewel of Indian Award from Non-Resident Indian-Foundation (2013).
内容介绍：
    The seminar will depict the current outlook for the global insurance industry with a special focus on the recent developments in Chinese insurance market. The causes and consequences for the remarkable growth in Chinese insurance business will be discussed. The outlook for Indian insurance industry and the challenges faced by the insurance market will be discussed. A case study for measuring the productivity of the Indian insurance firms using a panel data and the factors that influence the productivity will be discussed.  The seminar will conclude highlighting some of the emerging issue that will shape the future of the insurance industry.

（承办：应用经济系，科研与学术交流中心）