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- Bolton Hall 838
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- CV
Vivian Lei
- Associate Professor, Economics
- Undergraduate Advisor, Economics
Education
- PhD, Economics, Purdue University
- MA, Economics, Michigan State University
- BA, Economics, National Taipei University
Teaching Schedule
Research Interests
- Macroeconomics
- Experimental Economics
- Behavioral Finance
Current Projects
- "Voluntary Separation as a Discipline Device for Long-Term Cooperation: Theory and Experiment" with Filip Vesely and Chun-lei Yang.
- "Debt Relief in the Presence of Multiple Creditors: An Experimental Study," with Steven Tucker and Filip Vesely.
Selected Publications
Lei, Vivian, Masclet, David, and Vesely, Filip. “Competition vs. Communication: An Experimental Study on Restoring Trust” Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 108. (2014): 94-107.
Deng, Pan, Gong, Binglin, and Lei, Vivian. “Before and After: The Impact of a Real Bubble Crash on Investors' Trading Behavior in the Lab” Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 95.1 (2013): 186-196.
Chan, Kenneth S., Lei, Vivian, and Vesely, Felip. “Differentiated Assets: An Experimental Study on Bubbles” Economic Inquiry 51.3 (2013): 1731-1749.
Lei, Vivian, and Vesely, Filip. “In-Group vs. Out-Group Trust: The Impact of Income Inequality” Southern Economic Journal 76.4 (2010): 1049-1063.
Lei, Vivian, Tucker, Steve, and Vesely, Filip. “Forgive or Buy Back: An Experimental Study of Debt Relief” Review of Economic Design 14.3-4 (2010): 291-309.
Lei, Vivian, and Noussair, Charles N. “Equilibrium Selection in an Experimental Macroeconomy” Southern Economic Journal 74.2 (2007): 448-482.
Lei, Vivian, and Noussair, Charles N. “An Experimental Test of an Optimal Growth Model” American Economic Review 92.3 (2002): 549-570.
Lei, Vivian, Noussair, Charles N., and Plott, Charles R. “Non-Speculative Bubbles in Experimental Asset Markets: Lack of Common Knowledge of Rationality vs. Actual Irrationality” Econometrica 69.4 (2001): 831-859.