[1] 2024- Michael Demetrius, "Deliberative Democratic Decision-Making with Endogenous Individual Preferences" PhD in Economics, University of Auckland. Co-supervisors: Steffen Lippert and Matheson Russell. Michael is the recipient of a three-year He Manga Tauhokohoko | University of Auckland Business School Dean's Doctoral Scholarship for intake in 2024, with start 01/12/2024.
[2] 2024- Yuanyuan Li, "Individual and Corporate Decision-making Under the Influence of Epidemic Misinformation Dissemination" PhD in Economics, University of Auckland. Co-supervisors: Steffen Lippert and Prasanna Gai. Yuanyuan is the recipient of a three-year University of Auckland Doctoral Scholarship (UoADS) awarded for intake in 2024, with start 01/12/2024.
[3] 2023- Yibin Li, "A Game Theoretical Approach to Information Transmission and Disinformation" PhD in Economics, University of Auckland. Co-supervisors: John Hillas and Steffen Lippert. Yibin is the recipient of a three-year University of Auckland Doctoral Scholarship (UoADS) awarded for intake in 2023, with start 01/05/2023.
[4] 2022- Yunjie Shi, "Private Provision of Public Goods Under Incomplete Information and Alternative Information Structures" PhD in Economics, University of Auckland. Co-supervisor, with Steffen Lippert as the Main Supervisor and Robert MacCulloch as the other co-supervisor. Yunjie is the recipient of a three-year China Scholarship Council Doctoral Scholarship awarded for intake in 2022, with start 01/10/2022.
[5] 2021- Doriani Lingga, "Essays on Taxation in the Digital Economy" PhD in Economics, University of Auckland. Co-supervisors: Steffen Lippert and Robert MacCulloch. Doriani is the recipient of a three-year Matthew S. Abel Doctoral Scholarship awarded for intake in 2021, with start 01/08/2021.
[1] 2020-2025 Xinyan Zhang, "Three Essays on Ambiguity, Adaptability, Costly Efforts for Partnership Under the New Normal" PhD in Economics, University of Auckland. Co-supervisor: Steffen Lippert. Started on 01/08/2020. PhD thesis submitted in July 2024. Oral exam passed successfully on 11/03/2025.
[2] 2021-2024 Danny Kwon, "Privacy in the Digital Age: Three Essays" PhD in Economics, University of Auckland. Co-supervisor: Steffen Lippert. Danny was the recipient of a three-year partial He Manga Tauhokohoko | University of Auckland Business School Dean's Doctoral Scholarship awarded for intake in 2021. Started on 01/01/2021. PhD thesis submitted in Dec 2023. Completed on 25/10/2024.
[3] 2020-2024 Rae Rho, "Skill Composition, Firm Innovation and Economic Performance: Three Essays" PhD in Economics, University of Auckland. Co-supervisors: Steffen Lippert and Basil Sharp. Rae was the recipient of a three-year University of Auckland Business School Dean’s Doctoral ScholarshHe Manga Tauhokohoko | University of Auckland Business School Dean's Doctoral Scholarshipip awarded for intake in 2020. Started on 01/03/2020. PhD thesis submitted in Feb 2024. Completed on 01/10/2024.
[4] 2013-2016 Siwen (Addison) Pan, "Frontiers of Decision Theory" PhD in Economics, Massey University. Co-supervisors: Thomas Pfeiffer (New Zealand Institute of Advanced Study, Massey University) and Matthew Ryan (Auckland University of Technology). Completed: 08/2016. Recipient of a three-year Massey University Doctoral Scholarship. Thesis selected for inclusion in the Dean's List of Exceptional Theses. First employment as a Research Fellow at the Department of Economics, University of Auckland, then at the NZIAS at Massey University. Sept 2020-May 2023: Tenure-track at Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, International Business School Suzhou, Economics Discipline. Currently International Networks Manager in the International Office at the University of Auckland. PhD thesis submitted in March 2026. Completed in August 2016.
[1] 2025 Christian Newey, "Bundle Subscription of Digital Media" Master of Commerce, University of Auckland. Joint supervision with Matthew Ryan.
[2] 2024 Michael Demetrius, "Task Allocation Without Authority" Master of Arts in Economics, University of Auckland.
[3] 2024 Herbert Wu, "Pricing Under Fairness Concerns: The Competition under Inflation Case" Master of Commerce, University of Auckland.
[4] 2023 Maggie Zhang, "A Study of A Change in Market Structure in Print Advertising" Honours in Economics, University of Auckland. Joint supervision with Lydia Cheung.
[5] 2023 James Brown, "Social Media Influencers: A Literature Review", Honours in Economics, University of Auckland.
[6] 2021 Mitchell Nemeth, "Who’s Driving Now? The Move to Autonomous Driving and Which Car Manufacturer Will Come Out on Top" Honours in Economics, University of Auckland.
[7] 2019 Yen Ling Tan, "Consumer Decision-making under Uncertainty on Digital Platforms" Honours in Economics, University of Auckland. Started her PhD in Economics at the University of Virginia (2020 intake) with full scholarship.
[8] 2019 Ben Smith, "Developing a Policy Framework to Respond to Price Obfuscation Strategies" Honours in Economics, University of Auckland.
[9] 2018-2019 Rae Rho, "The Effect of Employee Characteristics on Absorptive Capacity in New Zealand Firms" Master of Arts in Economics, University of Auckland. Joint supervision with Steffen Lippert.
[10] 2018 Jiangheng (Leo) Lin, "Direct Versus Platform Sales, And Search" Honours in Economics, University of Auckland. Started his PhD in Economics at Washington University in St Louis (2019 intake) with full scholarship.
[11] 2017-2018 Harry Kleyer, "Attack and Defence in Discrete Networks: A Computational Approach" Master of Arts in Economics, University of Auckland. Joint supervision with Steffen Lippert. Started his PhD in Economics at the University of Michigan (2020 intake) with full scholarship.
[12] 2015 Daniel Dyet, "Economic Innovation: Innovating Our Way to Employment: Are Process Innovations Creating New Jobs for New Zealanders?", Master's Degree (Economics), Massey University. Then Strategy and Projects Analyst at Craigs Investment Partners.
[13] 2014 Rose Craigie, "Peer Effects and Group Formation" Bachelor of Applied Economics with Honours, Massey University. Co-supervisor: Lorenzo Ductor (then Massey University, then Middlesex University, now at University of Granada). Now Business Intelligence Specialist at Farmlands Co-operative Society Ltd.
[14] 2012 Lowis Seikowsky, "Suggested Retail Prices" Master of Industrial Engineering, Massey University/KIT. Joint supervision with Clemens Puppe.
[15] 2011 Wei (Cody) He, "Natural disaster: The role of private and public insurance", Master of Management in Financial Economics, Massey University.
[16] 2011 Siwen (Addison) Pan (with distinction), "Auction under Ambiguity" Master of Management in Financial Economics, Massey University.
[17] 2010 Hong (Karen) Fu, "Cluster Analysis of Real-Estate Data to Appreciate Regional Phenomena" Master of Management in Financial Economics, Massey University.
[18] 2010 Li (Sean) Wang, "Exit Strategy through IPO overseas: Industry Analysis in China" Master of Management in Financial Economics, Massey University.
[19] 2010 Ke Lin, "Venture Capital, Entrepreneurship and Intellectual Property Right" Master of Management in Financial Economics, Massey University.
[20] 2007 Yin (Yvonne) Tanjie, "Venture Capital and Innovative High-Technology" Master of Financial Economics, Keele University, UK.
[21] 2007 Pham Binh Minh (with distinction), "Syndication in Venture Capital Industry" Master of Financial Economics, Keele University, UK.