Workshop Series on Surveys and Experiments in Economics

Second Workshop on Surveys and Experiments in Economics

China and online, September 19, 2026

Organiser:   Pei Kuang  (University of Macau)

Please email Pei if you have any questions, comments, or suggestions regarding the event.

This one-day online workshop brings together researchers—particularly early-career scholars—to present and discuss recent work that uses surveys and experimental methods to examine a wide range of economic topics. 

Format: 

Each presenter is allocated 45 minutes. Please ensure that some time is reserved for questions and discussion, either during or after the presentation. Between presentations, there will be informal chats and a short break.

Preliminary Program

Saturday September 19, 2026

All times are in China Standard Time (CST).  

9 - 9.45 am          On Prior Confidence and Belief Updating 

                                    Kenneth Chan (Peking University) 

10 - 10.45am     Ranking Evidence: An Experiment on the Ordinal Structure 

                                   of Belief Updating 

                                   Bin Miao (Renmin University of China)

11 - 11.45am     Manwei Liu (Nanjing Audit University)

1 - 1.45pm         Persuasion and Precision: How Generative AI Moves          

                                  Inflation  Expectations

                                  Yang Lu (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)

2 - 2.45pm            Misperceiving Inequality: Mindsets and Redistribution 

                                     Preferences

                                    Ye Jin (The University of Osaka)  

3 - 3.45pm           Dreaming Rich: How Inequality Manufactures Overoptimism

                                     Yiming Liu (Humboldt University of Berlin & WZB)