Publications
2023
Selected Works Under Review and In-Progress:
- "Strategic Uses of Pronoun Drop in Economic Decision-making" The Routledge Handbook of Pronouns, edited by Laura L. Paterson, New York: Routledge, 289-301, 2023.
- "Does Speech Rate Influence Intertemporal Decision? An Experimental Investigation" with Josie I Chen and Hsin-Ya Liao. PLOS ONE, 17 (2): e0264356. 2022.
- "Discounting from a Distance: The Effect of Pronoun Drop on Intertemporal Decisions" with Josie I Chen. Journal of Economic Psychology, 87, 102454, 2021.
- "Accents, Group Identity, and Trust Behaviors: Evidence from Singapore" with Mongoljin Batsaikhan and Yupeng Li, China Economic Review, 70, 101702, 2021.
- “The Framing Effect of Tax-Transfer Systems” Journal of Economic Science Association, 6(2), 213-225, 2020.
- "Pitch Right: The Effect of Vocal Pitch on Risk Aversion" with Gabriel Yong Ping Chua, Hui Jun Er, and Shao Yi Liaw. Economics Bulletin, 40(4), 3131-3139, 2020.
- “On the Developmental Origin of Intrinsic Honesty” with Lili Qin, PLOS ONE. 15 (9): e0238241. 2020.
- “Pronoun Drop and Prosocial Behavior: Experimental Evidence from Japan” with Yohanes E. Riyanto, Saori C. Tanaka and Katsunori Yamada. Journal of Economic Science Association, 6(1), 13-25, 2020.
- “The Effect of Language on Economic Behavior: Examining the Causal Link between Future Tense and Time Preference in the Lab” with Josie I Chen and Yohanes E. Riyanto. European Economic Review, 120, 103307, 2019.
- “Do China’s People Favor Redistribution? Evidence from an Incentivized Experiment” with Louis Putterman and Liangjun Wang. Pacific Economic Review, 24 (2): 293-324, 2019.
- “Risk Breeds Risk Aversion,” with Fuhai Hong, Experimental Economics, 21 (4): 815-835, 2018. (previously circulated under the title "Exposure to Risk and Risk-aversion: A Laboratory Experiment'')
- ""I" Make You Risk-averse: The Effect of First-person Pronoun Use in a Lottery Choice Experiment," Economics Letters, 153, 39–42, 2017.
- “A Study of Technical Efficiency of International Tourist Hotels in Taiwan” with Kuo-Liang Wang, Tourism Management, Terry V. Liu (Ed.), NewYork: Nova Science, 211-224, 2006. (Reprinted in Taiwan: Economic, Political and Social Issues, Lachlan N. Roberts and Cooper R. Lewis (Ed.), New York: Nova Science, 125–138, 2008.)
Selected Works Under Review and In-Progress:
- "A Subtle Pronoun Shift Reduces Loss Aversion," with Yupeng Li and Jubo Yan,
- "Mind-Reading Ability Predicts Sales Performance: Evidence from Financial Consultants," with Josie I Chen.
- "Identity Disclosure and Trust Behavior: Evidence From am Online Experiment on WeChat," with Yupeng Li and Yohanes E. Riyanto.
- "Re-Examining the Linguistic-Savings Hypothesis within English: Evidence from Monolinguals," with Josie I Chen and Yue Han.
Grants
- “Training Children’s Strategic Reasoning” (MOE AcRF Tier 1 Grant, S$84,731, 2020-2023, Principle Investigator)
- “The Apple Doesn’t Fall Far From the Tree: An Experimental Study on Intergenerational Transmission of Preferences” (MSF Family Research Fund Academic Grant, S$82,560, 2016-2019, Lead Member and Principle Investigator)
- “The Role of Languages in Shaping Economic Preferences: An Experimental Investigation Using the Mandarin-English Bilingual Subjects in Singapore” (MOE AcRF Tier 1 Grant, S$85,415, 2014-2017, Principle Investigator)
- “The Evolution of Cooperation, Endogenous Partner Selection and Homophily in Social Networks” (MOE AcRF Tier 2 Grant, S$248,985, Co-PI)
- “How Do Economic, Social and Linguistic Factors Shape Social Preferences? Three Experimental Studies” (Start-up Grant, Nanyang Technological University, S$34,996, 2013-2016, Principle Investigator)
Ad-hoc peer reviewer
Journal of Public Economics
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization
China Economic Review
Economic Inquiry
Economics Letters
Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics
Natural Hazards
PLOS ONE
Public Finance Review
Singapore Economic Review
Sustainability
Applied Economics Letters
Routledge, U.K.
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization
China Economic Review
Economic Inquiry
Economics Letters
Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics
Natural Hazards
PLOS ONE
Public Finance Review
Singapore Economic Review
Sustainability
Applied Economics Letters
Routledge, U.K.
Awards
Outstanding Reviewer Award, Economics Letters, 2017