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Wei Xiao

Department Chair and Professor

Economics

Biography

Publications

  • "Heuristic macroeconomic expectations," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 248, 2026.
  • "Initial anchors and limited information in learning-to-forecast experiments," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 225, 2024.
  • "Understanding Probabilistic Expectations: A Behavioral Approach," Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control 139, 2022. 

Education

  • PhD, University of Pittsburgh
  • MA, Peking University 
  • BA, Shandong University 

Research Interests

  • Behavioral and experimental economics
  • Bounded rationality in macroeconomics
  • Monetary policy

Teaching Interests

  • Economic Analysis with Python
  • Monetary Theory
  • Macroeconomics

Honors and Awards

  • Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching

Research Profile

Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae for Wei Xiao