Biography
Jim Hilliard is Associate Professor of Instruction in the Department of Risk, Actuarial Science, and Legal Studies in the Fox School of Business at Temple University. His research is focused on capital structure, capital markets, and regulation in the insurance industry. He also publishes case studies and pedagogical notes for both the insurance and finance classroom.
Among other outlets, Hilliard has published in the Journal of Risk and Insurance, Geneva Risk and Insurance Review, Southern Economic Journal, and European Financial Management. He is a frequent lecturer for events sponsored by the Griffith Educational Foundation, including invited lectures for legislators with responsibility for overseeing insurance operations in their states.
Research Interests
- Corporate finance and managerial economics
- Capital structure
- Distribution issues and market structure with special interest in issues of public policy importance
Courses Taught
Number | Name | Level |
|---|---|---|
AS 3597 | Actuarial Practice: Group & Health Benefits | Undergraduate |
RMI 3503 | Retirement Plans | Undergraduate |
RMI 4596 | Advanced Topics in Managing Human Capital Risk | Undergraduate |
RMI 4597 | Managing Risk Across the Enterprise | Undergraduate |
RMI 5051 | Managing Risk | Graduate |
RMI 5101 | Managing Human Capital Risk | Graduate |
Selected Publications
Recent
Hilliard, J. (2020). Teaching the Economics and Convergence of the Binomial and the Black-Scholes Option Pricing Formulas. Journal of Economics and Financial Education. Retrieved from https://www.economics-finance.org/jefe/issues/JEFE-Vol-19-Num-1-Summer-2020.pdf.
Hilliard, J. & Ruhland, J.S. (2020). Retirement Planning with Spreadsheets: Monte Carlo Simulations without Third Party Software. Advances in Financial Education.
Hilliard, J. & Ruhland, J.S. (2019). Opening the Black Box: Teaching the Mechanics Of Monte Carlo Simulation Through Value At Risk. Journal of Risk Education, 10(1), 16-23. Retrieved from http://www.jofriskeducation.org/index.php/jore/issue/view/14.
Hilliard, J., Liebenberg, A.P., Liebenberg, I., & Ruhland, J. (2018). The Market Impact of the Supreme Court Decision Regarding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: Evidence from the Health Insurance Industry. Journal of Insurance Issues, 41(2), 135-167. Retrieved from https://www.jstor.org/stable/26505752?seq=1.
Hilliard, J., Pottier, S.W., & Xu, J. (2018). Insurer Capital Structure and Debt-Equity Hybrid Securities. Journal of Risk and Insurance, 85(1), 219-244.