Behavioral and Experimental Economics
Ziye Wu, Songfa Zhong. "Individualism-Collectivism and Risk Perception around the World", Management Science, 2026, 72(5), 4231–4246. [link]
Yiting Chen, Songfa Zhong. "People are More Moral in Uncertain Environments", Econometrica, 2025, 93(2), 439-462. [link]
Jingcheng Fu, Xing Zhang, Songfa Zhong. "Hedging-Based Scoring Rules for Multiple-Choice Questions", Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2025, 237, 107184. [link]
Jingcheng Fu, Songfa Zhong. "Visceral Influences and Gender Difference in Competitiveness", Journal of Economic Psychology, 2025, 107, 102788. [link]
Lawrence Jin, Rui Tang, Han Ye, Junjian Yi, Songfa Zhong. "Path Dependency in Physician Decisions", Review of Economic Studies, 2024, 91(5), 2916–2953. [link]
Joshua Lanier, John Quah, Bin Miao, Songfa Zhong. "Intertemporal Consumption with Risk: A Revealed Preference Analysis", Review of Economics and Statistics, 2024, 106(5), 1319–1333. [link]
Yiting Chen, Songfa Zhong. "Source Dependence in Effort Provision", International Economic Review, 2024, 65(3), 1499-1517. [link]
Yvonne J Chen, Deniz Dutz, Li Li, Sarah Moon, Edward Vytlacil, Songfa Zhong, “Eliciting Willingness-to-Pay to Decompose Beliefs and Preferences that Determine Selection into Competition in Lab Experiments”, Journal of Econometrics, 2024,105652. [link]
Yiting Chen, Tracy Xiao Liu, You Shan, Songfa Zhong, “The Emergence of Economic Rationality of GPT”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2023, 120(51) e2316205120. [link]
Wenchao Li, Zhiming Leng, Junjian Yi, Songfa Zhong, “A Multifaceted Poverty-Reduction Program Has Economic and Behavioral Consequences” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2023, 120(10) e2219078120. [link]
Yunfeng Lu, Songfa Zhong. "Contactless Real-time Heart Rate Predicts the Performance of Elite Athletes: Evidence from Tokyo 2020 Olympic Archery Competition" Psychological Science, 2023, 34(3), 384-393. [link]
Zhihua Li, Songfa Zhong. "Reference Dependence in Intertemporal Preference" Management Science, 2023, 69(1), 475–490. [link]
Soo Hong Chew, Bin Miao, Songfa Zhong. "Ellsberg meets Keynes at an Urn" Quantitative Economics, 2023, 14(3), 1133-1162. [link]
Soo Hong Chew, Bin Miao, Qiang Shen, Songfa Zhong. "Multiple-Switching Behavior in Choice-List Elicitation of Risk Preference", Journal of Economic Theory, 2022, 204, 105510. [link]
Jin Lawrence, Tang Rui, Ye Han, Yi Junjian, Songfa Zhong. "Time Dependency in Physician Decisions". AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2020, 110, 284-288. [link]
Robin Chark, Soo Hong Chew, Songfa Zhong. "Individual Preference for Longshots", Journal of the European Economic Association, 2020, 18(2), 1009–1039. [link]
Xiqian Cai, Yi Lu, Jessica Pan, Songfa Zhong. "Gender Gap under Pressure: Evidence from China's National College Entrance Examination", Review of Economics and Statistics, , 2019, 101(2), 249-263. [link]
Yi Lu, Xinzheng Shi, Songfa Zhong. “Competitive experience and gender difference in risk preference, trust preference and academic performance: Evidence from Gaokao in China” Journal of Comparative Economics, 2018, 46(4) 1388-1410. [link]
Songfa Zhong, Idan Shalev, David Koh, Richard P Ebstein, Soo Hong Chew. "Competitiveness and Stress", International Economic Review, 2018, 59(3), 1263-1281. [link]
Xiqian Cai, Jie Gong, Yi Lu, Songfa Zhong. "Recover Overnight? Work Interruption and Worker Productivity", Management Science, 2018, 64(8), 3489–3500. [link]
Soo Hong Chew, Junjian Yi, Junsen Zhang, Songfa Zhong. "Risk Aversion and Son Preference: Experimental Evidence from Chinese Twin Parents", Management Science, 2018, 64(8), 3896–3910. [link]
Bin Miao, Songfa Zhong. "Probabilistic Social Preference: How Machina's Mom Randomizes Her Choice" Economic Theory, 2018, 65(1), 1-24. [link]
Soo Hong Chew, Bin Miao, Songfa Zhong. "Partial Ambiguity", Econometrica, 2017, 85 (4), 1239–1260. [link]
Soo Hong Chew, Junjian Yi, Junsen Zhang, Songfa Zhong. "Education and Anomalies in Decision Making: Experimental Evidence from Chinese Adult Twins." Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2016, 53(2): 163–200. [link]
Robin Chark, Soo Hong Chew, Songfa Zhong. "Extended Present Bias: A Direct Experimental Test" Theory and Decision, 2015, 79(1): 151-165. [link]
Bin Miao, Songfa Zhong. "Comment on 'Risk Preferences are Not Time Preferences': Separating Risk and Time Preference" American Economic Review, 2015, 105(7):2272-2286. [link]
Genoeconomics and Neuroeconomics
Chew Soo Hong, Richard P.Ebstein, Songfa Zhong."From Brain Plasticity to Consciousness to Incentive." in Handbook on Prospect Theory, 2026, forthcoming
Chark, Robin, Songfa Zhong, Shui Ying Tsang, Chiea Chuen Khor, Richard P. Ebstein, Hong Xue, and Soo Hong Chew. "A gene–brain–behavior basis for familiarity bias in source preference." Theory and Decision, 2022, 92: 531–567. Special Issue in Honor of Peter Wakker. [link]
Onn-Siong Yim, Xing Zhang, Idan Shalev, Mikhail Monakhov, Songfa Zhong, Ming Hsu, Soo Hong Chew, Poh San Lai, and Richard P. Ebstein "Delay Discounting, Genetic Sensitivity, and Leukocyte Telomere Length." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2016, 113(10): 2780-2785. [link]
Songfa Zhong, Robin Chark, Ming Hsu, Soo Hong Chew. "Computational Substrates of Social Norm Enforcement by Unaffected Third Parties." NeuroImage, 2016, 129:95-104. [link]
Richard P Ebstein, Songfa Zhong, Robin Chark, Poh San Lai, and Soo Hong Chew. "Modeling the Genetics of Social Cognition in the Laboratory." In The Oxford Handbook of Molecular Psychology, Oxford University Press, 2015. [link]
Eric Set, Ignacio Saez, Lusha Zhu, Daniel Houser, Noah Myung, Songfa Zhong, Richard Ebstein, Soohong Chew, and Ming Hsu. "Dissociable Contribution of Prefrontal And Striatal Dopaminergic Genes To Learning In Economic Games." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2014, 111(26): 9615–9620. [link]
Shui Ying Tsang, Songfa Zhong, Lingling Mei, Jianhuan Chen, Siu-Kin Ng, Frank W Pun, Cunyou Zhao, Bingyi Jing, Robin Chark, Jianhua Guo, Yunlong Tan, Lijun Li, Chuanyue Wang, Soo Hong Chew, Hong Xue "Social cognitive role of schizophrenia candidate gene GABRB2." PloS one 8, no. 4 (2013): e62322. [link]
Soo Hong Chew, Richard P Ebstein, Songfa Zhong. "Sex-Hormone Genes and Gender Difference in Ultimatum Game: Experimental Evidence from China and Israel" Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2013, 9, 28-42. [link]
Soo Hong Chew, Richard P Ebstein, Songfa Zhong. "Ambiguity Aversion and Familiarity Bias: Evidence from Behavioral and Gene Association Studies" Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2012, 44(1), 1-18. [link]
Songfa Zhong, Mikhail Monakhov, Helen P Mok, Terry Tong, Poh San Lai, Soo Hong Chew, Richard P Ebstein. "U-Shaped Relation between Plasma Oxytocin Levels and Behavior in the Trust Game." PLoS ONE, 2012, 7(12): e51095. [link]
Songfa Zhong, Robin Chark, Richard P Ebstein, Soo Hong Chew "Imaging Genomics for Utility of Risks over Gains and Losses" NeuroImage, 2012 Jan 2;59(1):540-6. [link]
Mathias Riebold, David Mankuta, Elad Lerer, Salomon Israel, Songfa Zhong, Luba Nemanov, Mikhail V Monakhov, Shlomit Levi, Nurit Yirmiya, Maya Yaari, Fabio Malavasi, Richard P Ebstein "All-trans retinoic acid upregulates reduced CD38 transcription in lymphoblastoid cell lines from autism spectrum disorder." Molecular Medicine 17, no. 7 (2011): 799. [link]
Songfa Zhong, Salomon Israel, Idan Shalev, Hong Xue, Richard P Ebstein, Soo Hong Chew. "Dopamine D4 Receptor Gene Associated with Fairness Preference in Ultimatum Game" PLoS ONE, 2010 5(11): e13765. [link]
Richard P Ebstein, Salomon Israel, Soo Hong Chew, Songfa Zhong, Ariel Knafo. "Genetics of Human Social Behavior" Neuron, 2010 6(65), 831-844. [link]
Songfa Zhong, Salomon Israel, Hong Xue, Richard P Ebstein, Soo Hong Chew. "Monoamine Oxidase A Gene (MAOA) Associated with Attitude towards Longshot Risks." PLoS ONE, 2009 4(12): e8516. [link]
Songfa Zhong, Salomon Israel, Hong Xue, Pak C Sham, Richard P Ebstein, Soo Hong Chew. "A Neurochemical Approach to Valuation Sensitivity over Gains and Losses." Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2009 276:4181-4188. [link]
Songfa Zhong, Soo Hong Chew, Eric Set, Junsen Zhang, Hong Xue, Pak C Sham, Richard P Ebstein, Salomon Israel. "The Heritability of Attitude Toward Economic Risk." Twin Research and Human Genetics, 2009 12: 103-107. [link]
Soo Hong Chew, King King Li, Robin Chark, Songfa Zhong. "Source Preference and Ambiguity Aversion: Models and Evidence from Behavioral and Neuroimaging Experiments." in D. Houser and K. McCabe (eds.), Neuroeconomics, Advances in Health Economics. Emerald Insight. 2008. [link]