Research

Publications

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

 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

• Cobb-Clark D., Goncalves J., Tymula A., Wang X. (2026) The Conceptual Foundations of Self-Control and its Links to Impulsivity and Attention

• Bao Z., Huang D., Sun R., Wang X. (2026) I Will Pay Later: Time Inconsistency, Self-Control, and Loan Delinquency

• 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

• Procrastination across different types of tasks, with Qin Wu

• 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

• The attraction effect in labor incentive, with Lata Gangdaharan, Hanlin Lou, Chelle Wang