Robert I. Mehr Award

The American Risk and Insurance Association presents the Robert I. Mehr Award each year for the paper published ten years ago in the Journal of Risk and Insurance that has best stood the test of time. The evaluation of the articles is made by the journal's editorial board.

2026 Winner: “Framing and Claiming: How Information Framing Affects Expected Social Security Claiming Behavior”

  • Jeffrey R. Brown, University of Illinois

  • Arie Kapteyn, University of Southern California

  • Olivia S. Mitchell, University of Pennsylvania

 

To see all past winners please visit https://www.jri.pub/mehr-awards/.