Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization · 2026
California Institute of Technology
Yu-Hsiang
(Sean) Wang
PhD Candidate in Economics
I am a fifth-year PhD candidate at Caltech. I will be on the 2026-27 job market. I work on behavioral game theory and experimental economics. My goal is to understand how the presentation of incentives shapes strategic behavior and use that insight to design environments that improve welfare.
Behavioral Game TheoryExperimental Economics

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Strategic Complexity in Decomposed Games
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The Dynamics of Collective Action: A Laboratory Study
Spatial Beauty Contest Replication and Beyond
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