Jingnan Chen
I am a Senior Lecturer in Economics at the University of Exeter Business School. My research uses experimental methods to study how institutions, information, and incentives shape economic behaviour. My work focuses on three interconnected themes: cooperation and collective decision-making, gender and participation in leadership and competition, and decision-making under risk and uncertainty.
Contact
University of Exeter Business School0.39 Streatham Court
Rennes Drive
Exeter, Devon EX4 4PU
United Kingdom
Email: j.chen2[at]exeter.ac.uk
Phone: +44 (0)1392 726294
Journal Publications
2025, "Promoting Cooperation in an Unequal World: Experimental Evidence on the Role of Transparency and Punishment", with John D’Attoma, Miguel A. Fonseca and Antoine Malézieu. Journal of Business Ethics, 202(4), 823–842.
2025, "The Conflict between Personal Interests and Group Interests during a Pandemic", with Di Mu and Todd Kaplan. Risk Analysis, 45(9), 2621–2649.
2023, "How Much Will Climate Change Reduce Productivity in a High-Technology Supply Chain? Evidence from Silicon Wafer Manufacturing", with Miguel A. Fonseca, Anthony Heyes, Jie Yang and Xiaohui Zhang. Environmental and Resource Economics, 86, 533–563.
2021, "When a Nudge Is (Not) Enough: Experiments on Social Information and Incentives", with Miguel Fonseca and Shaun Grimshaw. European Economic Review, 134, 103711.
2019, "When are women willing to lead? The effect of team gender composition and gendered tasks", with Daniel Houser. The Leadership Quarterly, 30(6), 101340. Runner-up for the journal's Best Paper Award, 2019–2020. Interviewed by BBC Radio Devon, BBC Radio Scotland, and BBC South West Evening News. Coverage included Forbes and EurekAlert!
2019, "Broken Contracts and Hidden Partnerships: Theory and Experiment", with Daniel Houser. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 157, 754–774.
2017, "Promises and Lies: Can Observers Detect Deception in Written Messages?", with Daniel Houser. Experimental Economics, 20(2), 396–419.
2016, "Beware of Popular Kids Bearing Gifts: A Framed Field Experiment", with Daniel Houser, Natalia Montinari, and Marco Piovesan. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 132(A), 104–120.
2012, "Non-Human Primate Studies Inform the Foundation of Fair and Just Human Institutions", with Daniel Houser. Social Justice Research, 25(3), 277–297.
Working Papers
"Anticipation and Risk-Taking: Disentangling the Effects of Delayed Information and Payment", with Todd R. Kaplan and Pradeep Kumar.
"Making Contribution the Default: Gender, Merit, and Idea Sharing in Groups", with Shan Gui, Daniel Houser and Erte Xiao.
"Institutional Sources of Advantage and Selection into Competition", with Daniel Houser.
Book Chapters
2018, "Testing and Implementing Digital Tax Administration", with Gareth Myles and Shaun Grimshaw. In Digital Revolutions in Public Finance, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
2015, "Ethics and Advances in Economic Science: The Role of Two Norms", with Angelina Christie and Daniel Houser. In George DeMartino and Deirdre McCloskey (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Professional Economic Ethics, Oxford University Press.
Technical Report
"The effect of HMRC Taxpayer Assistance on compliance: An experimental investigation", prepared for the National Audit Office.
| Year | Course Title | Evaluation | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2019 | Experimental Methods | 5/5 | University of Exeter |
| Behavioural Insights for Business and Management | 4.2/5 | ||
| Fall 2018 | Experimental Methods | 4.3/5 | University of Exeter |
| Behavioural Insights for Business and Management | 3.8/5 | ||
| Fall 2017 | Experimental Methods | 4/5 | University of Exeter |
| Economics of Management Strategy | 3.8/5 | ||
| Fall 2016 | Experimental Methods | 5/5 | University of Exeter |
| Introduction to Statistics | 3.5/5 | ||
| Fall 2015 | Experimental Methods | 5/5 | University of Exeter |
| Statistics and Econometrics | 3.3/5 | ||
| Fall 2014 | Statistics and Econometrics | 3/5 | University of Exeter |
| Economics for Management | 2.7/5 |
