Yeh, Jason J.H.

Biography

Prof. Jason Yeh is Associate Professor in Department of Finance, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He earned the Associate designation from Society of Actuaries (ASA), received his Bachelor of Science  in Electrical Engineering and Master of Arts in Economics from National Taiwan University, and PhD in Actuarial Science, Risk Management and Insurance from University of Wisconsin – Madison. He served as adjunct research fellow of China Centre for Insurance and Social Security Research at Peking University, and of Centre for Prediction Market Research at National Chengchi University. His research papers published in several insurance and finance journals including Journal of Risk and Insurance, and received awards including Wu Chia-lu Best Paper Award at the 18th Conference on the Theories and Practices of Securities and Financial Markets.

Teaching Areas

Risk Management and Insurance
Corporate Property and Liability Insurance
Econometrics

Research Interests

Insurance Regulation
Systemic Risks
D&O Insurance

• Publications & Working Papers
  • Derrick W.H. Fung, Wing Yan Lee, Jason J.H. Yeh, and Fei Lung Yuen (2020), “Friend or foe: The divergent effects of FinTech on financial stability,” Emerging Markets Review, 45, 2020, 100727.
  • S.C. Chang, Y. Ren, and J. Yeh (2018), “The Role of Information: When is Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance Value-added?” Journal of Banking and Finance, 97, December 2018, 189-197.
  • Derrick W.H. Fung, D. Jou, A.J. Shao, and Jason J.H.Yeh (2018), “The Implications of the China Risk-Oriented Solvency System on the Life Insurance Market,” The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance – Issues and Practice, 43(4), 615-632.
  • Derrick W.H. Fung and Jason J.H. Yeh (2018), “Inherent Virtue or Inevitable Evil: The Effects of Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance on Firm Value,” Risk Management and Insurance Review, 21(2), 243-288.
    • RMIR 2018 Best Paper Award
  • Y.F. Chow, Derrick W.H. Fung, and Jason J.H. Yeh (2018), “CDS Spreads, Systemic Risk, and Global Systemically Important Insurers Designations,” Journal of Insurance Regulation, 37(1), 1-33.
  • Derrick W.H. Fung and Jason J.H. Yeh (2018), “Is the New Regulation Successful in Reducing Systemic Risk of Global Systemically Important Insurers? Empirical Evidence from Insurers around the Globe,” Journal of Insurance Issues, 41(1), Spring 2018, 57-110.
  • H.W. Lin, C.Y. Tung, and Jason J.H. Yeh (2013), “Multivariate Methods in Assessing the Accuracy of Prediction Markets ex ante Based on the Highest-Price Criterion,” Journal of Prediction Markets, 7(3), July 2013, 29-44.
  • Jason J. H. Yeh (2012), “Renminbi Internationalisation: Progress, Prospect and Comparison,” YEH Jia Hsing China and World Economy, 20(5), 63-82.
  • Jason J. H. Yeh (2009), “Missing (Completely?) at Random: Lessons from Insurance Studies,” Asia-Pacific Journal of Risk and Insurance, 3(2), 22-33.
  • Helen Doerpinghaus, Joan T. Schmit, and Jason J.H. Yeh (2007), “Age and Gender Effects on Auto Liability Insurance Payouts,” Journal of Risk and Insurance, 75(3), 527-550.
  • Chu-hsiu Li, Chwen-chi Liu, and Jason J.H. Yeh (2007), “The Incentive Effects of Increasing Per-Claim Deductible Contracts in Automobile Insurance,” Journal of Risk and Insurance, 74(2), 441-459.
  • Dennis K.K. Fan, Raymond W.M. So, and Jason J.H. Yeh (2006), “Analyst Earnings Forecasts for Publicly Traded Insurance Companies,” Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, 26(2), 105-136.
  • Dennis K.K. Fan and Jason J.H. Yeh (2006), “Analyst Earnings Forecast for Publicly Traded Insurance Companies,” Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting (RQFA).
  • Dennis K.K. Fan, Raymond W.M. So, and Jason J.H. Yeh (2006), “Analysts Forecasts for Insurance Industry,” Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, 26(2), 105-136.
  • Cyrus C.Y. Chu and Jason J.H. Yeh (2005), “Insuring Against Self-fulfilling Financial Crises,” International Journal of Business and Economics, 4(2), 123-139.
  • Chu-hsiu Li, Chwen-chi Liu, and Jason J. H. Yeh (2004), “The Inconsistency between Asymmetric Information Theory and Empirical Evidence in Insurance Markets,” Insurance Monograph, 20(2), 99-112.
  • Jason J.H. Yeh and Joan T. Schmit (2003), “An Economic Analysis of Auto Compensation Systems: Choice Experiences from New Jersey and Pennsylvania,” Journal of Risk and Insurance, 70(4), 601-628.
  • Jason J.H. Yeh, Helen Doerpinghaus, and Joan T. Schmit (2003), “Personal Bias in Automobile Claims Settlement,” The ICFAI Journal of Insurance Law, 1(2), 47-68.
  • Helen Doerpinghaus, Joan T. Schmit, and Jason J.H. Yeh (2003), “Personal Bias in Automobile Claims Settlement,” Journal of Risk and Insurance, 70(2), 185-205.
  • Jason J.H. Yeh, Joan T. Schmit, and Helen Doerpinghaus (2003), “Personal Bias in Claims Settlement: An Example from Automobile Insurance,” Journal of Risk and Insurance, 70(4).

• Grants
  • “An Analysis of Automobile Compensation Systems: The Pending Legistration of US ‘Auto Choice Reform Act’ and Its Implication to Hong Kong Motor Insurance Industry (汽車保險制度分析︰美國“汽車保險改革法案”對香港的啟示)”, Earmarked Grants awarded by Research Grants Council, 2001-2004