摄影、供稿：刘颖

    2016年12月29日，美国西佛罗里达大学教授Kalyan Chakraborty应公司管理与经济学院邀请，在主楼418会议室作了题为“Trends and Outlook for Global Insurance Industry An Application to Productivity Analysis of Insurance Firms”的学术报告。管理与经济学院博士生、硕士生共12人参加了本次学术报告会。

    Kalyan教授首先就全球保险产业现状进行总体概述，然后着重就中国和印度两国的保险市场发展现状展开详细介绍，并将两国市场进行横向比较。同时，Kalyan教授以印度保险市场为例，运用面板数据就保险市场进行生产力分析并就指标选取与含义进行详细介绍。此外，Kalyan教授还就规范保险业建设以及促进产业发展提出了相关的政策建议。最后，Kalyan教授和参加报告的员工进行了学术上的交流，不少员工在自己的研究领域内提出了相关问题，Kalyan教授一一为其解答，大家都受益匪浅。至此，此次报告会圆满结束。

kalyan Chakraborty教授简介：

    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).

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