Research

Publications

 3. Tymula A., Wang X., Imaizumi Y., Kawai T., Kunimatsu J., Matsumoto M. and Yamada H. (2023) Dynamic prospect theory – two core decision theories coexist in the gambling behavior of monkeys and humans,   Science Advances, 9(20)

2. Cheung S. L., Tymula A., Wang X. (2022) Present Bias for Monetary and Dietary Rewards: Evidence from Chinese Teenagers, Experimental Economics, 25: 1202–1233 [animation video]

1. Tymula A. and Wang X. (2021) Increased risk-taking, not loss tolerance, drives adolescents’ propensity to gamble more under peer observation, Journal of Economic Behaviour and Organization, 188:439-457

Working papers

• Cheung S., Tymula A., Wang X. (2025) A meta-analysis of quasi-hyperbolic discounting Minor revision at Management Science  [Appendix ]

• Schurer S., Tymula A., Wang X., Fuller N., Caterson I. (2024) Impatience and present bias do not determine weight loss in obesity: Evidence from lab-in-field and nationally representative data Revise and Resubmit at Health Economics

• Philips L., Tymula A., Wang X. (2025) Experiencing unfair chances reduces investments in ambiguous assets 

• Kettlewell N., Levy J., Tymula A., Wang X. (2023) The gender reference point gap

Work in progress

• The Conceptual Foundations of Self-Control, and the Links to Impulsivity and Attention, with Deborah Cobb-Clark, Juliana Goncalves and Agnieszka Tymula

• Procrastination across different types of tasks, with Qin Wu

• Does Self Control Affect Loan Delinquency?, with Zhengyang Bao and Difang Huang

• Measurement of sophistication, with Silvia Tiezzi, Constanza Usai and Erte Xiao

• The Impact of Expectations on Time Preference, with Aleksandra Erakhtina, Elif Incekara-Hafalir, Benjamin Young