Research
Taking great interest in people, I've naturally chosen to focus on the study of individual choice and preference as a researcher in Economics. With this common theme, the specific topics of my current research projects span multiple fields such as health economics, labor economics and applied econometrics. I use diversified methods including mathematical modeling, experimental design and a wide range of statistical methods to look at questions of methodology importance and policy relevance.
Publications and Working Papers
Xiaoxue Sherry Gao, Glenn W. Harrison and Rusty Tchernis, "Behavioral Welfare Economics and Risk Preferences: A Bayesian Approach" Experimental Economics 26, 273–303 (2023).
Xiaoxue Sherry Gao, Glenn W. Harrison and Rusty Tchernis, "Estimating risk preferences for individuals: A Bayesian approach" (CEAR Working Paper)
Xiaoxue Sherry Gao, Rong Rong, "Understanding vaccination decisions: The role of initial health beliefs in designing effective information campaigns" (Under Review)
Xiaoxue Sherry Gao, Rong Rong, "Eliciting health beliefs: Difficulties and solutions" (Manuscript available upon request)
Xiaoxue Sherry Gao, "A Stochastic Signaling Model with Asymmetric Noises: Theory and Experiment" (Previous title: Job market signaling: An experimental study of education degree as an imperfect signal) (Under Review)
I.L.Leeds, V.Sadiraj, J.C.Cox, X.S.Gao, T.M.Pawlik, K.E.Schnier, J.F.Sweeney, "Discharge decision-making after complex surgery: Surgeon behaviors compared to predictive modeling to reduce surgical readmissions", The American Journal of Surgery 213 (2017) 112-119.
Works In Progress
Xiaoxue Sherry Gao, Rebecca Ready and Katherine Dixon-Gordon, "Investigating the effects of negative stereotypes of aging on elderly's preference and health care decisions"
Rong Rong, Takao Kusakawa, Xiaoxue Sherry Gao and Tatsuyoshi Saijo, "Wealth effects and time preferences"