Behavioral and experimental economist working on digital public goods and behavioral market design

Ann Arbor, Michigan
Joined December 2008
I am deeply honored to receive the 2026 Market Design Impact Award from INFORMS. Grateful to my mentors and co-authors for working on these behavioral market design projects together. connect.informs.org/discussi…
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I am excited to post this intriguing new discovery in science, as my in-house physicist, Wolfgang Lorenzon, has worked on PandaX and then the LZ experiment for more than a decade. Proud of him and his colleagues!nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
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I am attending the ESA World Meeting in LA. Looking forward to many exciting talks, especially from early-career researchers.
Calling all economists! Jenn Pate and I are hosting The ESA Meetings in July 14th-17th in sunny Los Angeles. Still accepting submissions - we welcome any experimental paper - lab, field, survey... & novel methods to answer behavioral questions. sites.google.com/view/esa202…
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Yan Chen retweeted
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said: “It's not likely that you'll lose a job to AI, you're going to lose the job to somebody who uses AI”
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Special issue on human-AI interactions at Experimental Economics.
📣 Call for papers Experimental Economics invites submissions for a special issue on Human-AI Interaction, opening on July 15th. Find out more: cup.org/3IgW1xS #OpenAccess @EcScienceAssoc
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Here is my interview at Behavioural Science Uncovered on Social Media and Job Market Success: bsuncovered.com/
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Urgent - We request Wang’s reinstatement & ask that IU grant him his due process rights & chance to defend himself. The letter also provides critical insights into the allegations & impact on the research community. Add your signature by 8 pm ET on 4/14: aasforum.org/2025/04/11/asia…
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BREAKING: Nianli Ma, wife of Prof. XiaoFeng Wang, will speak at our 4/14 Town Hall. Please sign on to our letter expressing concerns abt Wang's termination & adherence to IU's due process policies, as well as broader implications for research community. tinyurl.com/AASFStateofPlay2…
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BREAKING: Bill banning Chinese student visas introduced today by Rep. Moore. AASF cautions this would harm the talent pipeline of Asian American scientists, scholars, and researchers, undermining U.S. leadership in science and innovation.
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Just joined. I am in for good equilibria.
short-econ-letters.org is a public pledge to keep tenure letters to no longer than three pages. In our current, bad equilibrium shorter letters are viewed negatively. But we know how to handle bad equilibria—hence our public commitment and the pledge. Join the 20 signatories!
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Back @NBERpub and psyched to present "The Ms. Allocation of Talent" with @MoritzLubczyk dropbox.com/scl/fi/4bq6446an… (1/6)
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Really good analysis on ChatGPT and teaching
Summer's not a break, it's a time to prep for next year's classes. And if you're not thinking hard about how AI requires changes in teaching (and assessment!) you're not thinking. In case it's helpful, here's a deck from a talk I gave a while ago to econ instructors. #TeachEcon
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Just received a youtube recording of #YingHua on his research on school choice, sharing his smiles, laughter and wisdom with the world: youtube.com/watch?v=yMD3_G3Y…
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My friend and co-author YingHua He died of kidney cancer this past week. YingHua was among the most brilliant economists I have the good fortune to have met. He was kind, funny and full of good ideas. I miss him and will always cherish the time we had together.
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Very happy to be among the inaugural class of ESA fellows.
We are pleased to announce the inaugural 2024 class of ESA fellows, whose members have advanced the frontier of knowledge through the use of laboratory and/or field experiments. This is a permanent recognition of their contribution to experimental science and to economics.
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I hope to see many exciting papers there, think of applying, should be fun!!
🔔CfP deadline approaching: Berlin Workshop on Empirical Public Economics: Gender Economics. Keynote by Prof. Muriel Niederle (Stanford University). We are looking forward to receiving your submissions!!!🥳 Deadline: June 15th, 2024. wzb.eu/system/files/docs/mc/… @majaadena
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