TEC (Theory) Seminar: Stephanie Wang, University of Pittsburgh

Speaker

Stephanie Wang, University of Pittsburgh

Biography

Stephanie Wang is a Professor of Economics at the University of Pittsburgh. She is an experimental economist working on topics in behavioral game theory, political economy, and choice under uncertainty among others. Recent work explores the distribution of attitudes towards losses in the general population, projective thinking in strategic situations, and persuasive arguments in the field. Her research has appeared in various academic journals including American Economic Review, Econometrica, PNAS, and Review of Economic Studies. 

She is an Associate Editor at European Economic Review, Games and Economic Behavior, Journal of Political Economy Microeconomics, and Management Science. She received a PhD from Princeton University, a MSc from LSE, and SBs in Brain and Cognitive Sciences and Economics from MIT. She has been a Postdoctoral Scholar at Caltech and a Visiting Associate Professor at Stanford University.