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Experimental Economics
Neuroeconomics
Data Science
Learning Theory
Political Economics
Environmental Economics
Decision Theory
Wei James Chen (陳 暐)
I am an Assistant Professor at the Department of Agricultural Economics, National Taiwan University. I received my Ph.D. in Economics from the Ohio State University. I was also associated with the Krajbich Neuroeconomics Lab, the Business Administration Department at the National Central University, the Behavioral and Data Science Research Center at the National Taiwan University, and the Marketing Department at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. More detailed info about me can be found on the CV page. You can also find me on Facebook.
Our lab develops experimental and modeling approaches to economic decision-making. We combine experimental economics, neuroeconomics, and data science to study how people learn, decide, and respond to institutional environments. Across projects on intertemporal choice, voting behavior, synthetic subjects, and scientific institutions, we examine how individual cognition, institutional rules, and research design jointly shape economic behavior, with applications to environmental economics and political economy. Selected published and working papers are available on the research page.
In my experiments, I utilize various tools including mouse-tracking, eye-tracking (including pupil dilation), EEG, and fMRI. These experiments are coded using software such as zTree, oTree, PsychToolbox, and PsychoPy, enabling me to investigate economic behavior in-depth.
I also taught some courses, and you can find the list on the teaching page.
Lab News
- 實驗室獲得國科會新進人員研究計畫「碳足跡與營養標籤對消費選擇的影響：基於眼動追蹤的實驗研究」2025/06/30
The lab received an NSTC Young Scholar Research Grant for the project “The Impact of Carbon Footprint and Nutrition Labels on Consumer Choices: An Eye-Tracking Experiment” 2025/06/30
- 實驗室獲得中研院與台大補助計畫「碳政策的實驗洞察：評估碳稅與碳權交易制度對環境與經濟的影響」2024/12/04
The lab received a joint research grant from Academia Sinica and NTU for the project “Experimental Insights into Carbon Policy: Evaluating the Environmental and Economic Impacts of Carbon Taxes and Emissions Trading Systems” 2024/12/04
- 指導碩士生 Shih Chuan Chu (朱世全) 獲得臺灣經濟學會最佳碩士論文獎 — 佳作（一般類與政策類雙料）2024/11/15
Supervised master’s student Shih Chuan Chu (朱世全), who received Honorable Mention (both General and Policy categories) in the Best Master’s Thesis Award from the Taiwan Economic Association 2024/11/15
- 共同指導碩士生胡將相獲得臺灣經濟學會最佳碩士論文獎 — 最佳獎（一般類）2023/11/15
Co-supervised master’s student Chiang-Hsiang Hu, who received the First Prize (General category) in the Best Master’s Thesis Award from the Taiwan Economic Association 2023/11/15
- 指導碩士生 Ching Yuan Kao (高敬媛) 獲得臺灣經濟學會最佳碩士論文獎 — 佳作（政策類）2023/11/15
Supervised master’s student Ching Yuan Kao (高敬媛), who received Honorable Mention (Policy category) in the Best Master’s Thesis Award from the Taiwan Economic Association 2023/11/15
- 指導碩士生 Asta Chen (陳玉配) 獲得臺灣經濟學會最佳碩士論文獎 — 佳作（政策類）2022/11/15
Supervised master’s student Asta Chen (陳玉配) , who received Honorable Mention (Policy category) in the Best Master’s Thesis Award from the Taiwan Economic Association 2022/11/15
- 國科會 YSFXWORLD 頻道放上了 Wei James Chen (陳 暐) 的頓悟學習研究介紹影片 2021/10/15
The NSTC YSFXWORLD channel featured a video introducing Wei James Chen (陳 暐)’s research on epiphany learning 2021/10/15