2026 Hans U. Gerber: Mathematics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Mathematics	54	830	709	15	15	145	12887

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Mathematics

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Overview

Hans U. Gerber is affiliated with the University of Lausanne in Switzerland. The academic work centers predominantly on fields such as Economics, Econometrics and Finance, as well as Social Sciences. Key subfields of study include Demography, Finance, Economics and Econometrics, Management Science and Operations Research, and Soil Science.

The research topics covered by this scientist include:

Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management
Insurance and Financial Risk Management
Probability and Risk Models
Stochastic processes and financial applications
Financial Risk and Volatility Modeling
Agricultural risk and resilience
Global Health Care Issues

Recent publications indicate a focus on actuarial science and financial risk modeling. Notable papers include:

"Uniform Distribution of Deaths, Fractional Independence, and Negative Payment-Frequency*" (2024), published in North American Actuarial Journal
"An actuarial approach to pricing barrier options" (2021), published in European Actuarial Journal
"Equivalence principle and Jewell's inequality" (2021), published in European Actuarial Journal
"Hans U. Gerber and Elias S. W. Shiu's Discussion on "Agricultural Insurance Ratemaking: Development of a New Premium Principle," by Wenjun Zhu, Ken Seng Tan, and Lysa Porth, Volume 23(4)" (2020), published in North American Actuarial Journal

Frequent co-authors in these research endeavors include:

Elias S. W. Shiu
Jun Yang

Publications have appeared predominantly in two venues:

European Actuarial Journal
North American Actuarial Journal

Research contributions notably revolve around insurance and financial risk, extending into demographic studies and applications of stochastic processes to actuarial problems. The scientist's work intersects quantitative modeling, risk assessment, and applied economic theory, often engaging with topics related to mortality and agricultural insurance.

Best Publications

An introduction to mathematical risk theory

Hans U Gerber

1700
Citations
On the Time Value of Ruin

Hans U. Gerber;Elias S. W. Shiu

1160
Citations
Option pricing by Esscher transforms.

H.U. Gerber;Shiu E.S.W.

840
Citations
Risk theory for the compound Poisson process that is perturbed by diffusion

François Dufresne;Hans U. Gerber

555
Citations
Optimal Dividends: Analysis with Brownian Motion. .

Hans U. Gerber;Elias S. W. Shiu

379
Citations
Life Insurance Mathematics

Hans U. Gerber

367
Citations
The joint distribution of the time of ruin, the surplus immediately before ruin, and the deficit at ruin

Hans U. Gerber;Elias S.W. Shiu

338
Citations
Mathematical Fun with the Compound Binomial Process

Hans U. Gerber

302
Citations
On the Probability and Severity of Ruin

Hans U. Gerber;Marc J. Goovaerts;Rob Kaas

293
Citations
On the discounted penalty at ruin in a jump-diffusion and the perpetual put option

Hans U. Gerber;Bruno Landry

265
Citations
Actuarial bridges to dynamic hedging and option pricing

Hans U. Gerber;Elias S.W. Shiu

261
Citations
Some Results for Discrete Unimodality

J. Keilson;H. Gerber

258
Citations
On convex principles of premium calculation

Olivier Deprez;Hans U. Gerber

251
Citations
Optimal dividends in the dual model

Benjamin Avanzi;Hans U. Gerber;Elias S.W. Shiu

250
Citations
An extension of the renewal equation and its application in the collective theory of risk

Hans U. Gerber

225
Citations
Risk theory with the gamma process

F. Dufresne;H.U. Gerber;E.S.W. Shiu

225
Citations
The surpluses immediately before and at ruin, and the amount of the claim causing ruin

François Dufresne;Hans U. Gerber

211
Citations
Discounted probabilities and ruin theory in the compound binomial model

Shixue Cheng;Hans U. Gerber;Elias S.W. Shiu

157
Citations
Financial Economics: With Applications to Investments, Insurance and Pensions

Ph. P Boyle;S. H. Cox;D. Dufresne;H.U. Gerber

152
Citations
Martingale Approach to Pricing Perpetual American Options

Hans U. Gerber;Elias S.W. Shiu

147
Citations
The Time Value of Ruin in a Sparre Andersen Model

Unknown

43
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Hailiang Yang University of Hong Kong

Marc Goovaerts KU Leuven

Hansjörg Albrecher University of Lausanne

Christian Genest McGill University

External Links

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