YUPENG LI, Assistant Professor
Contact details
Office: G2203
Telephone: 8590-2364
Email: ypli@cityu.edu.mo
WOS Research ID: OFN-2883-2025
Scopus ID: 57277631300
ORCID: 0000-0003-2187-3268
Academic Qualifications
- 2021 Ph.D., Economics, School of Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University
- 2015 M.S., Applied Economics, Dyson College of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University
- 2012 B.A., Economics, The University of Arizona
Teaching Areas
- Study Report I
- Study Report II
- Behavioral Finance
Research Interests
- Behavioral and Experimental Economics,
- AI's applications in Economics and Finance
Academic Work Experiences
- 2025-present Assistant Professor, Faculty of Finance, City University of Macau
- 2021-2025 Assistant Professor, School of Economics and Management, The University of Electronic Science and Technology
- 2017-2018 Teaching Assistant & Research Assistant, School of Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University
Publications
[1] Batsaikhan, Mongoljin, Tai-Sen He, and Yupeng Li*. "Accents, group identity, and trust behaviors: evidence from Singapore." China Economic Review 70 (2021): 101702.
[2] Tai-Sen He, Yupeng Li* & Jubo Yan. “Pronoun use and loss aversion: The role of self-distancing in a laboratory experiment.” Journal of Neuroscience, Psychology, and Economics. Accepted.
Working Papers
[1] “Identity Disclosure and Trust Behavior: Evidence From An Online Experiment on WeChat”， with Tai-Sen He & Yohanes Eko Riyanto, under review.
[2] “Risk Perception and Bureaucratic Task Allocation: Evidence from Chinese Officials’ Zodiac Years”, with Nan Gao & Zhifeng Wang, under review.
[3] “AI Speak, Users Step Back: A Field Experiment”，with Zhi Cao, Jie Li& Yuefeng Li, under review.
[4] “Unrelated Risks Increases Risk-Taking: Experimental Evidence”, with Liang Wang, submitted.
[5] “AI-Generated Financial Advice Shifts Investor Risk Preferences: Experimental Evidence of Asymmetric Persuasion”, with Flora Li & Yan Chen, submitting soon.
[1] “Pessimistic and Optimistic Biases in Horizontal and Vertical Competitions”, with Yuefeng Li, Yunting Shi & Shenghai Zhou；
[2] “Ethical Behaviors and Performance Pressure”, with Lusi Wu & Xiaoyuan Wang；
[3] “Social Media and Prosocial Behavior”, with Jiahua Zhu；
[4] “Economic Behaviors When Involved in the Pandemic: Evidence from the Covid-19”, with Jiahua Zhu.
Conferences and Presentations
2026.5 The 8th China Behavioral and Experimental Economics Forum, Dalian, China
2025.4 The 7th China Behavioral and Experimental Economics Forum, Guangzhou, China
2024.5 The 26th Camphor Economic Conference (CEC) in Chengdu, China
2023.12 The 2023 Camphor Economic Conference (CEC) in Suzhou, China
2022.12 The 2022 Xiamen University International Workshop on Experimental Economics
2022.4 The 4th China Behavioral and Experimental Economics Forum, Beijing, China
2021.11 Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and Camphor Economic Conference (CEC) Joint Workshop, Online
2021.9 University of Tianjin Economics and Finance Seminar, Tianjin, China
2019.8 Singapore Economic Review Conference 2019, Singapore
2019.7 2019 ESA International Conference, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2019.5 University of East Anglia Lab-in-the-Field Workshop 2019, Norwich, UK
2018.10 2018 ESA North American Conference, Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala
2018.6 93rd WEAI Annual Conference, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2018.5 Bay Area Behavioral and Experimental Economics Workshop 2018, San Francisco, CA
2017.9 2017 ESA European Conference, Vienna, Austria