Wenbo Zou (邹文博)

I am a research fellow at the School of Economics at Nankai University in Tianjin, China.

In my research, I have been applying experimental methods to investigate various topics both in the field and in the lab such as social preferences, social learning, social comparison, social norms, intrahousheold bargaining, parental aspiration, risk perception, and creativity. I find many topics interesting, and enjoy learning new things. As a result, I probably have pivoted too much in my previous research.

Recent new emerging focus: cognition in individual decision-making (time and risk preferences), and information in repeated games.

Please email me at joyque.zou[at]gmail.com.

Publications

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.

Working papers

Generative AI Adoption in Human Creative Tasks: Experimental Evidence [link], with Feng Zhu, R & R at JEBO.
Risk as Excuses to Postpone Effort-Provision [Link], 2021.

Permanent working papers

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 below for the publication in Chinese).]

Pre-doctoral publications

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.

中文发表

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

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