Robert Puelz

Robert Puelz

Tenure and Tenure-Track Faculty

Associate Professor, Jerome M. Fullinwider Centennial Chair in Economic Freedom

Real Estate Risk Mgt Business Law

Email

rpuelz@smu.edu

Phone

214-768-4156

Office

Crow 390

Website

Financial Literacy and Personal Finance

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Education

Ph.D., University of Georgia

Biography

Professor Puelz arrived in Cox in 1992 as a member of the Finance Department.  While research has focused on insurance economics, it has rotated toward financial literacy.  Academic teaching experience includes corporate finance, principles of risk and insurance, corporate risk management, life-cycle economics, and employee benefits.  SMU service has included university-wide committees, such as the Human Resources core planning team, Presidential Commission on Persons with Needs and Disabilities, and the Operational Excellence for the 2nd Century Finance Initiative Team.  Within Cox, Professor Puelz has worked to integrate practitioners with Cox students through the Insurance Council.

Teaching

Life-Cycle Economics and Personal Finance, Principles of Risk Management

Research

Financial Literacy and Insurance Economics

Publications

Most recent working paper: Financial Literacy and Perceived Economic Outcomes with David Puelz, https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3302978