In order to boost the development of the inter-discipline of behavioral and experimental economics, promote exchange and cooperation in the research field of behavioral and experimental economics and economic forecasting, and thus serve the national strategies, the International Symposium on Economic Behavior and Forecasting will be held at Nankai University from October 15^th to October 16^th, 2022. The theme of the symposium is “Global Change: Economic Behavior and Forecasting”. Scholars from inside and outside of the country will be invited to participate in the symposium in order to promote the integration of disciplines, bring innovation to research norms and methods, and carry out strategic, prospective and practical studies.

Time: October 15^th--16^th, 2022

Host: The Laboratory for Economic Behavior and Policy Simulation, Nankai University

          School of Economics, Nankai University

Chair: Professor Sheng Bin (Director of the Academic Committee of the Laboratory for Economic Behavior and Policy Simulation, Nankai University; Dean of School of Economics, Nankai University)

Vice-Chair: Professor Jiang Dianchun (Director of the Laboratory for Economic Behavior and Policy Simulation, Nankai University; Deputy Dean of School of Economics, Nankai University)

Keynote Speakers:

Chen Yan

Daniel Kahneman Collegiate Professor in the School of Information, University of Michigan; 2019 Carolyn Shaw Bell Award Winner

Martin Dufwenberg

Economics Department Head, Eller Professor of Economics, Director, Institute for Behavioral Economics, University of Arizona

Sanjit Dhami

Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, University of Leicester

Soo Hong Chew

Professor, Department of Economics and Department of Finance, National University of Singapore; China Center for Behavioral Economics and Finance, Southwestern University of Finance and Economic; Fellow of the Econometric Society.

Daniel Houser

Director of the Interdisciplinary Center for Economic Science(ICES), Professor and Chairman of Economics, George Mason University.

Miao Bin

Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Renmin University of China

Jason Shachat

Professor of Experimental Economics, Durham University Business School

Sigrid Suetens

Full Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, School of Economics and Management, Tilburg University

Markus Taube

Full Professor of Economics, Director of the IN-EAST School of Advanced Studies at the University of Duisburg-Essen as well as a Co-Director of the Confucius Institute Metropolis Ruhr.

Agenda

October 15^th

Opening Ceremony

Time: 8:00--8:30

Place: Conference Room on the 11^th floor in School of Economics

Chair: Professor Jiang Dianchun (Director of the Laboratory for Economic Behavior and Policy Simulation, Nankai University; Deputy Dean of School of Economics, Nankai University)

(1) Speech by Academician Chen Jun, Vice President of Nankai University

(2) Speech by Professor Sheng Bin, Dean of School of Economics, Nankai University

Keynote Speech I

Time: 8:30--10:30

Place: Conference Room on the 11^th floor in School of Economics

Chair: Zou Wenbo (Nankai University)

(1) 8:30--9:30 Martin Dufwenberg (University of Arizona): Psychological Game Theory

Discussant: Wei Mengxing (Nankai University)

(2) 9:30--10:30 Miao Bin (Renmin University of China): Narrowly National

Discussant: Zou Wenbo (Nankai University)

Parallel Session 1: Risk Receptions and Attitudes

Time: 10:40--12:20

Place: Conference Room on the 11^th floor in School of Economics

Chair and Discussant: Zou Wenbo (Nankai University)

(1) Rao Fan (Dongbei University of Finance and Economics): Does decision time affect decision making under risk and ambiguity?

(2) Dong Wanxin (Renmin University of China), Zheng Jiakun: Morality meets risk: What makes a good excuse for selfishness

(3) Wu Qiying (Beihang University), Liu Ning: How the pattern of epidemic risk information collection influences civilian’s behaviors of risk self-inspection: Evidence from online field experiment

(4) Zou Wenbo (Nankai University): Reference-point adjustment as a memory-based process

Parallel Session 2: Games

Time: 10:40--12:20

Place: Conference Room on the 8^th floor in School of Economics

Chair and Discussant: Wei Mengxing (Nankai University)

(1) Ding Tingting, Hong Shuxian (Shanghai University of Finance and Economics): Why participants make dominated choices in strategy-proof school choice mechanisms?

(2) Jin Ye (New York University Shanghai), Zhou Zhen: Communication with transparent motives in the laboratory

(3) Yadi Yang (Nanjing Audit University): Can strategic delegation solve the hold-up problem?

(4) Sanjit Dhami, Wei Mengxing (Nankai University): Norms, emotions, and culture in voluntary contribution mechanisms with punishment

Parallel Session 3: Field Experiment

Time: 14:00--16:00

Place: Conference Room on the 11^th floor in School of Economics

Chair and Discussant: Meng Jingyi (Nankai university)

(1) Qi Hang (Hubei University of Economics), Si Teng, Wang Guangchao, Shao Shuai, Ma Shoufeng: An longitudinal experiment of game-based intervention

(2) Lu Fangwen, Zhang Haiyan (Renmin University of China), Zhou Ye’an: Growing by mentoring: Experimental evidence from college student mentors

(3) Lu Fangwen, Luo Yilei (Renmin University of China), Miao Bin, Zhang Haiyang:  Belief, feedback, and academic performance: Evidence from a randomized field experiment

(4) Zhai Shiyan, Li Shuwen (Shanghai Jiao Tong University), Daniel Houser: Climate policies under collective risk: Provision of local irrigation systems in the lab and field

(5) Meng Jingyi (Nankai University), Zou Wenbo: Workload and economic decision-making: Stress versus financial resources

Parallel Session 4: Markets and Information Usage

Time: 14:00--16:00

Place: Conference Room on the 12^th floor in School of Economics

Chair and Discussant: Qiao Liang (Nankai university)

(1) Liu Yingxi (Yunnan University of Finance and Economics), Liang Jie, Xu Hui: How the digital divide impacts an individual’s competitive willingness: Experimental evidence from Yunnan China

(2) Bao Zhengyang (Xiamen University), Kenan Kalayci, Andreas Leibbrandt, Carlos Oyarzun: Do regulations work? A comprehensive analysis of price limits and trading restrictions in experimental asset markets with deterministic and stochastic fundamental values.

(3) Geoffrey Castillo, Lawrence Choo (Southwestern University of Finance and Economics), Todd R.Kaplan: On the endogeneity between the shock market prices and bank runs: An experiment

(4) Marco Lambrecht (Hanken School of Economics and Helsinki GSE), Andis Soanos, Xu Yilong: Does mining fuel bubbles? -An experiment study on cryptocurrency markets

(5) Charles N.Noussair, Qiao Liang (Nankai University): Traffic apps and traffic congestion: An experiment

Parallel Session 5: Cooperation

Time: 14:00--16:00

Place: Conference Room on the 8^th floor in School of Economics

Chair and Discussant: Xu Xue (Nankai university)

(1) Nor Izzatina Abdul Aziz (National Unversity of Malasia), Abhijit Ramalingam, Robert Sugden: Representation in public good provision: An experimental investigation

(2) Sherry Xin Li, Yang Shuo (Wuhan University): Group identity and peer punishment

(3) Li Zhi (Xiamen University), Wang Yun, Yan Jubo: Alternative rebate rules in enhancing large-group threshold public goods provision: Experimental investigation via belief and conditional strategy

(4) Li Jianbiao, Zhang Yanan (Shandong University), Niu Xiaofei: Novel rituals and effort provision

(5) Xu Xue (Nankai University), Zheng Kun: Post-play communication and private monitoring: An experiment

Keynote Speech II

Time: 16:10--18:10

Place: Conference Room on the 11^th floor in School of Economics

Chair: Xu Xue (Nankai University)

(1) 16:10--17:10 Sigrid Suetens (Tilburg University): The Effect of Exposure to Ethnic Minorities on Ethnic Preferences

Discussant: Xu Xue (Nankai University)

(2) 17:10--18:10 Sanjit Dhami (University of Leicester): Psychological and Social Motivations in Microfinance

Discussant: Wei Mengxing (Nankai University)

Keynote Speech III

Time: 20:00--23:00

Place: Conference Room on the 11^th floor in School of Economics

Chair: Wei Mengxing (Nankai University)

(1) 20:00--21:00 Soo Hong Chew (Southwestern University of Finance and Economics/National University of Singapore): Attention Theory

Discussant: Zou Wenbo (Nankai University)

(2) 21:00--22:00 Chen Yan (University of Michigan) : Virtual Teams in a Gig Economy

Discussant: Wei Mengxing (Nankai University)

(3) 22:00--23:00 Daniel Houser (George Mason University): Social Norm Obedience is the Primary Source of the Gender Competitiveness Gap

Discussant: Zhu Feng (Nankai University)

October 16^th

Parallel Session 8: Low Carbon and Green Development

Time: 14:00--16:00

Place: Conference Room on the 11^th floor in School of Economics

Chair and Discussant: Qin Haiying (Nankai university)

(1) Zhang Zhenhua (Lanzhou University), Wang Jing, Feng Chao, Chen Xi: Do green finance reform and innovation pilot zones help reduce power consumption? A quasi-natural research based on panel data of prefecture-level cities

(2) Zhao Chaoyang, Chen Yuhong (Fuzhou University), Zheng Yanhong, Wang Siying, Ye Chong: Can the carbon emission trading pilot policy promote the upgrading of industrial structure? A quasi-natural experiment based on the data of 280 prefecture-level cities in China

(3) Hu Jianbo (Guizhou University of Finance and Economics), Ye Shu: Do national ecological civilization pilot zones help reduce carbon emission intensity? Empirical analysis based on the PSM-DID and SDM model

(4) Xu Jingwen (Sichuan University): The effects of enterprise social responsibility on the quality of enterprise investment in the context of the “double carbon” policy

(5) Qin Haiying (Nankai University), Feng Haoyang: Experimental study on the default behavior of enterprises in the carbon market based on the regulatory mechanism of contract, credit, reward and punishment

Parallel Session 9: Behavioral and Substantial Evidence Analysis

Time: 14:00--16:00

Place: Conference Room on the 12^th floor in School of Economics

Chair and Discussant: He Jingtong (Nankai University)

(1) Li Jingjing (Beijing Jiaotong University), Chen Shuai, Qin Ping, Geng Kexin, Wang Yacan: The effects of credit management on consumer behaviors in the digital economy

(2) Guo Kaizhao (University of Glasgow): Automation, skill and job creation

(3) Zhang Yuhua, Wang Yajing (Shanghai Normal University), Zhang Wei, Yuan Zhenfeng: Can NFT right confirmation promote the transformation of scientific and technological achievements? An empirical research based on the profit sharing theory

(4) Wang Xiuran (Shandong Xiandai University), Dong Yanhua: Research on the characteristics of natural person behavior

(5) Zhu Chen (China Agricultural University), Zhao Qiran, He Jianbo, Petri Böckerman, Luo Siyang, Chen Qihui: A genome-wide association study of the career choice of STEM professionals and its link with regional economic performance

Parallel Session 10: Behavioral and Experimental Analysis

Time: 14:00--16:00

Place: Conference Room on the 8^th floor in School of Economics

Chair and Discussant: Dai Zhixin (Renmin University of China)

(1) King King Li (Shenzhen University), Shen Peiyao: Aspiration, ethnic and composition, and competitive inclination: An experimental study

(2) Wei Lijia (Wuhan University), Guo Yiting, Xue Lian: The inheritance of medical workers’ spirit of combating the epidemic: An behavioral experimental study based on medical students and their families

(3) Asuman Erenel (Linnaeus University): On the relationship between gender-role stereotypes and parental leave uptake: Evidence from Sweden

(4) Shi Qichao (Southwestern University of Finance and Economics), James A. Dearden, Ernest K.Lai: Shuffling as a sales tactic: An experimental study of selling expert advice

(5) Dai Zhixin (Renmin University of China), Gao Hongyu, Cheng Peng:

Can behavioral nudging help improve tax compliance? Evidence from random field tests

Keynote Speech IV

Time: 16:10--18:10

Place: Conference Room on the 11^th floor in School of Economics

Chair: Zhu Feng (Nankai University)

(1) 16:10--17:10 Markus Taube (University of Duisburg Essen): Endogenous Institutional Change and Strategic Interests in the China/USA/EU triad

Discussant: Qin Haiying (Nankai University)

(2) 17:10--18:10 Jason Shachat (Durham University) : Contingent Payments in Procurement Interactions: Experimental Evidence

Discussant: Zhu Feng (Nankai University)

Parallel Session 6: Mechanism Design and Experiment

Time: 20:00--21:36

Place: Conference Room on the 11^th floor in School of Economics

Chair and Discussant: Zhu Feng (Nankai University)

(1) He Lu, Rao Yulei, Wang Jianxin (Central South University), Daniel Houser: Principals’ power, decision frames and delegation: Theory and experiment

(2) Guo Huiyi, Liu Jinliang (Texas A&M University): Should rule enforcement entail information transparency?

(3) Wang Yun (Renmin University of China), Xu Yan: Commitment and strategic communication in Bayesian persuasion: Theory and experiment

(4) Yohanes E. Riyanto, Yang Siqiang (Nankai University), Zhu Feng: All-pay contests in the lab

Parallel Session 7: Social Behaviors

Time: 20:00--21:36

Place: Conference Room on the 8^th floor in School of Economics

Chair and Discussant: Na Yi (Nankai University)

(1) Ding Tingting (Shanghai University of Finance and Economics), Meng Delong, Wang Siyu: Should birds of a feather learn together? An experimental study on how the group composition affects social learning

(2) Xu Hui, Wang Siyu (Wichita State University), Shen Meng, Meng Delong: Communicating the return of education: A field experiment

(3) Alexandros Karakostas, Nhu Tran, Daniel John Zizzo (University of Queensland): Experimental insights on anti-social behavior: Two meta-analyses

(4) Jiang Shuguang (Shandong University), Wei Qian: The mind behind views over COVID policies

Closing Ceremony

Time: 21:45--21:56

Place: Conference Room on the 11^th floor in School of Economics

Speaker: Professor Jiang Dianchun (Director of the Laboratory for Economic Behavior and Policy Simulation, Nankai University; Deputy Dean of School of Economics, Nankai University)