Assistant Professor, Finance

Hentges Fellow in Finance, Finance

Insurance Economics

Household Finance

Public Policy Analysis

Health Economics

Les B. Strickler Innovation in Instruction Award - American Risk and Insurance Association, 2024

National Association of Insurance Commissioners Research Fellowship, 2023 - 2024

Excellence in Reviewing Award - Journal of Risk and Insurance, 2023

Excellence in Reviewing Award - Journal of Risk and Insurance, 2022

Ellis, C., Moenig, T., & Volkman-Wise, J. (2025). Registered Index-Linked Annuities in Qualified Retirement Plans. Journal of Risk and Insurance. DOI: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jori.12505.

Collier, B. L., Ellis, C., & Keys, B. J. (In Press). (2024). The Cost of Consumer Collateral: Evidence from Bunching. Econometrica.

Collier, B. L. & Ellis, C. (2024). A Demand Curve for Disaster Recovery Loans. Econometrica. 92 (3) pp. 713-748. DOI: 10.3982/ECTA20417.

Ellis, C., Grace, M. F., Smith, R. A., & Zhang, J. (2022). Medical Cannabis and Automobile Accidents: Evidence from Auto Insurance. Health Economics.

Ellis, C. & Esson, M. (2021). Crowd-Out and Emergency Department Utilization. Journal of Health Economics.

Carson, J. M., Ellis, C., Hoyt, R. E., & Ostaszewski, K. (2020). Sunk Costs and Screening: Two-Part Tariffs in Life Insurance. Journal of Risk and Insurance. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jori.12283.

Ellis, C. (Multi-PI). Registered Index-Linked Annuities in Qualified Retirement Plans. TIAA Institute & Boettner/Pension Research Council. Completed. July 2021 - February 2023.

Ellis, C., Jotikasthira, C., & Xu, J. (2025). The Impact of Risk Management Mandates: Evidence from Variable Annuities.

Ellis, C., Esson, M., & Liebman, E. (2024). Moral Hazard on the ACA Exchanges: Evidence from a Cost-Sharing Subsidy Discontinuity (R&R at the Journal of Risk and Insurance).

Ellis, C., Ueno, T., & Veith, S. (2024). The Solvency II Framework: Causal Effects on Risk and Liquidity.

Ellis, C. & Jaspersen, J. (2024). Constructed Regressors and Overlapping Fixed Effects.

Ellis, C., Karl, J. B., & Smith, R. (2024). No Smoking Guns: Medical Cannabis, The Brady Act, and Gun Violence.

Ellis, C. & Esson, M. (2024). Private Equity in Public-Provider Markets: Cost Efficiency vs. Cream-Skimming.

Ellis, C. & Jaspersen, J. (2024). Selection through Lapsation in Life Insurance.

Ellis, C., Esson, M., & Liebman, E. (2024). Moral Hazard Induced Unraveling: Theory and Evidence from the ACA Exchanges.

Editorial Board Member, Journal of Risk and Insurance, January 2025.