Mei Wang

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Mei Wang (born February 8, 1973 in Wuhan , China ) is a professor of behavioral economics .

Live and act

Wang studied computer science at Xiamen University , received his PhD in social and decision-making sciences from Carnegie Mellon University , Pittsburgh , USA, and later worked as an assistant professor at the University of Zurich , Switzerland. She is Associate Editor for Finance Research Letters and a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance .

Wang is professor of behavioral economics at the WHU-Otto Beisheim School of Management , one of the leading business schools in Germany. She conducts research in the area of ​​Behavioral Decision Theory, e.g. B. on the Saint Petersburg paradox and prospectus theory as well as in the area of finance Together with Thorsten Hens and Marc Oliver Rieger, she was one of the authors of the INTRA study (International Test on Risk Attitudes), the risk and time preferences in 54 countries worldwide measured and led to various follow-up studies by other researchers and practitioners as well as media reports in leading German newspapers.

Selected publications

INTRA survey

  • Marc Oliver Rieger, Mei Wang, & Thorsten Hens (2015) Risk preferences around the world. Management Science, 61 (3), 637-648
  • Mei Wang, Marc O. Rieger, & Thorsten Hens (2016) How time preferences differ: Evidence from 53 countries. Journal of Economic Psychology, 52, 115-135
  • Marc Oliver Rieger, Mei Wang, & Thorsten Hens (2016) Estimating cumulative prospect theory parameters from an international survey. Theory and Decision, 17, 1-30

other topics

  • Marc Oliver Rieger & Mei Wang (2006) Cumulative Prospect Theory and the St. Petersburg Paradox. Economic Theory , 28, 665-679
  • Christoph Gort, Mei Wang, & Michael Siegrist (2008) Are pension fund managers overconfident? Journal of Behavioral Finance, 9 (3), 163-170
  • Mei Wang, Abraham Bernstein & Marc Chesney (2012) An experimental study on real option strategies. Quantitative Finance, 12 (11), 1753-1772

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Editorial Board of Finance Research Letters
  2. ^ Editorial Board of the Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance
  3. ↑ Mei Wang on the WHU website
  4. ↑ Money knows a moral May 27, 2014, in: Süddeutsche Zeitung
  5. ^ Article in the Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance .
  6. ↑ Article in Finance Research Letters
  7. ↑ Germans are most patient when it comes to money , January 12, 2016, in: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
  8. ↑ Are the Germans the most patient people? , January 6, 2016, in: WirtschaftsWoche
  9. ^ Three Behavioral Biases That Can Affect Your Investment Performance , December 21, 2011 from: forbes.com
personal data
SURNAME Wang, Mei
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German economist
DATE OF BIRTH February 8, 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Wuhan