Overview
- Ph.D. in Economics George Mason University, 2016
- M.A. in Economics George Mason University, 2012
- B.S. in Finance Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 2010
Brief Bio
Dr. Siyu Wang joined the department of economics in the fall of 2020. She is an applied microeconomist who works on bridging the gap between academic ideas and real-world problems. Her research approach relies on insights from experimental economics, in the tradition of Nobel laureate Vernon Smith, to investigate individual behavior, public choice, and managerial policies.
Research Interests
Experimental Economics, Behavioral Economics, Information Economics (Communication, Network, and Online Platform Design), Behavioral Political Economy, Law and Economics
Teaching
ECON 202 Principles of Microeconomics, ECON 231 Business Statistics, ECON 704 Behavioral Economics and Managerial Decisions, BADM 100 Exploring the World of Business
Publications
"Is the 'Smoke-filled Room' Necessary? An Experimental Study of the Effect of Communication Networks on Collusion" (with Timothy Flannery) , Forthcoming at Southern Economic Journal
"The Impact of Parental Migration on Social Interaction - A Framed Field Experiment with Left-behind Children in China" (with Hui Xu) Volume 187, July 2021, 246-257 Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization
"The Aspirational Income Hypothesis: Limits of the Relative Income Hypothesis" (with Elias Lafi Khalil, Jason Aimone, Daniel Houser, Deborah Martinez and Kun Qian) Volume 182, February 2021, 229-247, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization
"Intention or Request: The Impact of Message Structure " (with Timothy Flannery) Feb 2021, Games, on Special Issue "Experiments on Communication in Games"
"Collective Experimentation: A Laboratory Study" (with Cesar Martinelli and Mikhail Freer) Volume 175, July 2020, 365-379, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization
"Demanding or Deferring? An Experimental Analysis of the Economic Value of Communication with Attitude" (with Daniel Houser) Volume 115, May, 2019, 381-395, Games and Economic Behavior
"Embezzlement, Whistleblowing, and Organizational Architecture: An Experimental Investigation" (with Michael Makowsky) 2018, 147, 58-75, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization
"The Effect of Digitalization on Penalty Payments: An Experimental Investigation" (with Xiangdong Qin) 2015, 4(8), Journal of Neuroscience, Psychology and Economics
"Using an Exogenous Mechanism to Examine Efficient Probabilistic Punishment" (with Xiangdong Qin) 2013, 39, 1-10, Journal of Economic Psychology
Working Papers
“Is It What You Say, or How You Say It?” (with Xiangdong Qin and Zhiren Wu)
"No Soliciting? Information Avoidance from Exogenous and Endogenous Sources" (with Delong Meng)
“Who Do You Want to Talk to? An Experimental Investigation of Network Formation under Strategic Information Transmission” (with Delong Meng)
"Gender Differences in Preferences For Criminal Justice Error Types: An Experiment" (with Hudja, Stanton, Jason Ralston, Jason Aimone, Lucas Rentschler, and Charles North)