Wenbo Zou (邹文博)

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.