I am an Associate Professor at the School of Economics, Nankai University in Tianjin, China.
I received my PhD training in development economics from the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at UC Davis. During my doctoral studies, I developed a strong interest in behavioral and experimental economics and have since focused my research primarily in this area—largely self-taught through collaboration and hands-on experimentation.
My early research centered on development-oriented field and lab-in-the-field experiments, addressing topics such as intrahousehold bargaining, parental aspiration, and risk perception of natural disasters. Since joining Nankai, I have conducted a number of laboratory experiments with colleagues, exploring social preferences, social learning, social comparison, social norms, and creativity.
While my published and ongoing projects span a range of themes, my recent and emerging focus lies in two areas: (1) cognition in individual decision-making—particularly the processes underlying time and risk preferences, attention, and perception; and (2) information acquisition in repeated games. I currently have one working paper and several ongoing projects in these areas.
A united family prospers: Intrahousehold economic discord, household income and child growth in Burkina Faso [Published version] [Ungated version], with Travis Lybbert, and Stephen Vosti, published online at Journal of Development Studies, May 2025.
Measuring welfare and spillover effects of rank information [Published version][Ungated version], with Wenzheng Gao, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (2023), 216, 187-220.
Ingroup bias in a social learning experiment [Published version][Ungated version], with Xue Xu, Experimental Economics (2023), 26, 7–54.
Online markets and trust [Published version][Ungated version], with Jinjie Wang, and Jubo Yan, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (2022), 201, 395-412.
Do Tobin taxes help stop stock price bubbles? [Published version], with Lucy Ackert, Li Qi, Journal of Financial Economic Policy (2022), 14 (3), 269-282.
Early childhood nutrition, parental growth perceptions and educational aspirations in rural Burkina Faso [Published version][Ungated version], with Travis Lybbert, Stephen Vosti and Souheila Abbeddou, Journal of Development Studies (2020), 56 (4), 798-816.
Natural disasters, social protection, and risk perceptions [Published version][Ungated version], with Phil Brown, Adam Daigneault, and Emilia Tjernström, World Development (2018), 104, 310-325.
孟景轶,邹文博 (通讯作者),秦海英 ; 动机驱动的规范信念更新, 南开经济研究, 2024, 2014(12): 247-264
Motivated belief updating of norms [Link], with Haiying Qin. [The study in this working paper has been translated into Chinese and published at 南开经济研究 (see above).]
Economic valuation of health impact of PM10 pollution in Beijing from 2001 to 2006 [link], with Shiqiu Zhang. Chinese Journal of Population and Resources and Environment (2010), 8 (2), 68-74.
Contact: joyque.zou [at] gmail.com