Workshop on Surveys and Experiments in Economics

First Workshop on Surveys and Experiments in Economics

Organizer: Pei Kuang

China and online, November 29, 2025

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. This edition features researchers based in China. 

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 

November 29, 2025

All times are in China Standard Time (CST).  

9 - 9.45 am           Political Identity and Conjunction Fallacy: Experimental  

                                    Evidence from the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election

                                    Bin Miao (Renmin University of China)

10 - 10.45am      Upside and Downside Tails of Uncertainty, Irreversibility, and 

                                    Firms’ Employment and Investment Plans: Evidence from 

                                    Large Chinese Manufacturing Firms

                                    Kelin Lu (Huazhong University of Science and Technology) 

11 - 11.45am       The Effects of Generative AI on Competition and Gender  

                                     Inequality in the Labor Market: A Behavioral Experiment 

                                     Based on ChatGPT

                                      Xu Zhang (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology,  

                                        Guangzhou)        

1 - 1.45pm              Preference Reversals with Second-Order Probabilities

                                      Zhihua Li (Beijing Normal - Hong Kong Baptist University)    

2 - 2.45pm                Disagreement under Imperfect Memory: Theory and Evidence

                                        Pei Kuang (University of Macau)

3 - 3.45pm               Measuring Habit Formation

                                       Jiannan Zhou (Shandong University)