Warrington College of Business
Brown Lab
Led by David Brown · Finance, Insurance and Real Estate
What we study
Recent student projects in this lab have studied finance and insurance, including how private equity ownership changes risk and pricing at life insurance and annuity companies, and why long-term U.S. Treasury yields have become more volatile.
What working here is like
- Computational
- Coding required
- Projects
- 2
Current projects
Project Volatility in Long-Maturity U.S. Treasury Yields
The lab will examine why long‑term U.S. Treasury yields have become more volatile, analyzing their statistical links to macroeconomic variables and separating each yield into a real component and a break‑even inflation component.
From the Spring 2025 UF Undergraduate Research Symposium · abstract book, p. 464
Implications of Private Equity Buyouts on Annuity and Life Insurance
The lab looks at how private equity ownership changes the way life insurance and annuity companies manage risk and price products. Students analyze company reports and financial data to see if private equity leads to hidden risks for policyholders.
From the Spring 2025 UF Undergraduate Research Symposium · abstract book, p. 127
Summaries are written by AI in plain language from public symposium abstracts and may be imperfect.
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