Sora Youn

SORA YOUN (연소라)

Welcome. I’m a behavioral and experimental economist studying how people form beliefs, make decisions, and interact with information and technology.

I earned my Ph.D. in Economics from Texas A&M University and am currently an Associate Fellow at the Korea Information Society Development Institute (KISDI).

My research agenda includes social preferences, motivated belief updating, and economic behavior in digital and AI contexts.

Email: youn.soraaaaa@gmail.com or sorayoun@kisdi.re.kr

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Published Papers

"Eager beavers v. lazy slugs: Selection effects in experiments with social preferences" [Link]

(with Catherine Eckel and Rick Wilson) Journal of the Economic Science Association. (2024)

"In-group favoritism in natural and minimal groups" [Link]

(with Catherine Eckel and Rick Wilson) Economics Letters. (2022)

Working Papers

"Timing of Informativeness" [Link]

(with Hyundam Je) R&R at Games and Economic Behavior.

"When Biased Beliefs Lead to Optimal Action: An Experimental Study" [Draft available upon request]

(with Marco Castillo)

"'Hot' and 'Cold' Punishment in Public Goods Provision" [Draft available upon request]

(with Andy Cao, Catherine Eckel, Jinliang Liu, Phatchaya Piriyathanasak, Samuel Priestley, and Nanyin Yang)

"Do Economics and Business have an image problem? Effects of teaching and climate on college major choice" [Draft available upon request]

(with Andy Cao, Marco Castillo, and Ragan Petrie)

Work in Progress

"Unperceived Value of Digital Services"

(with Daehong Min and Ahram Moon)

Manuscript in preparation

"First Impressions Last: Order of Information in Politicized Motivated Reasoning"

(with Hyundam Je and Daeyoung Jeong)

Data collection completed

"AI and Social Deliberation"

(with Daehong Min and Ahram Moon)

Data collection completed

"AI and the Dynamics of Conflict: Theory and Experimental Evidence"

(with Youngseok Park, Kyu-Min Lee, Jean Paul Rabanal, and Euncheol Shin)

Data collection in progress

Published Papers

Working Papers

Work in Progress

Updated: October, 2025