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Journal Call for Papers
APJRI welcomes high-quality submissions of papers by academicians, industry leaders and policymakers. Papers may address theoretical or applied problems in broad environments – social, market, economic, regulatory/supervisory and local/international – affecting risk management and insurance. Papers covering climate changes, emerging risks, ERM and other closely related problems are also welcome.

Submission and Award. Manuscripts must not have been published in, or submitted for concurrent review with, another journal, and are subject to double-blind peer review at the discretion of the Editor. Manuscripts should be submitted in accordance with the instructions at

http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/apjri.

Submission is free if one of the authors is an APRIA member; otherwise, each submission is subject to a fee of U.S. 100 dollars. Successful authors will be required to submit the final versions of their papers in MS Word, and to assign copyright to the journal’s publisher. All printed of the current year are eligible for Best APJRI Paper Award for recognition at the APRIA conference.

Researchers are welcome to join the APJRI’s pool of reviewers by sending the Editor a short biographical sketch and indication of relevant areas of expertise.

About the Association. The Asia-Pacific Risk and Insurance Association (APRIA; www.apria.org) was created in 1997 to provide a means for all persons and entities with an interest in risk management, insurance, actuarial science, and related areas to share ideas and to engage in collaborative research for the ultimate benefit of the insurance industry. APRIA is international, drawing members from and organizing annual conferences throughout the world (from Singapore to China to New York to Moscow).

About the Journal. Available since 2005 as an official journal of the Asia-Pacific Risk and Insurance Association, the journal is published by De Gruyter which is also managing 70 other journals in economics. The journal is available free of charge (online) to all APRIA members (with a hardcopy subscription option). It is printed twice a year (June/July and December/January). All inquiries about the journal may be directed to:

Co-Editors in Chief
Sankarshan Basu, India Institute of Management Bangalore, India
Hua Chen, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, USA
Contact: [email protected]
Associate Editors
David Blake, University of London, United Kingdom
Tim Boonen, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Patricia Born, Florida State University, USA Georges Dionne, HEC Montréal, Canada
Martin Grace, University of Iowa, USA
Wen-Yen Hsu, Feng Chia University, Taiwan Hongjoo Jung, Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea
Shinichi Kamiya, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Anastasia Kartasheva, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland
Anne Kleffner, University of Calgary, Canada
Gene Lai, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA
Tyler Leverty, University of Wisconsin - Madison, USA
Andreas Milidonis, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
Sojung Park, Seoul National University, South Korea
Johnny Siu-Hang Li, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Yijia Lin, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, USA
Mahito Okura, Doshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts, Japan
Andreas Richter, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany
Subir Sen, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India
Pavel Shevchenko, Macquarie University, Australia
Tianxiang Shi, Temple University, USA
Hazel Bateman, University of New South Wales, Australia
Yuantao Xie, University of International Business and Economics, China
Sharon Yang, National Chengchi University, Taiwan
Wei Zheng, Peking University, China


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