Shuguang Jiang（Male, 1983）

Professor, Center for Economic Research, Shandong University

Email：sgjiang@sdu.edu.cn

SSRN: My Papers :: SSRN

Research GATE: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Shuguang-Jiang

ORCID: 0000-0003-1375-4883

Education:

2002.9-2006.7   Bachelor in Engineering, Chongqing University  

2010.9-2015.6   Ph.D. in Economics, Shandong University

2013.9-2014.9   CSC Joint doctoral program, CNRS-GATE (France)

2015.8-2017.8   Post-doctor, Research Institute, Shenzhen Stock Exchange

Research Interests:

Behavioral and Experimental Economics, Neuroeconomics, Social dilemma, emotions, belief, irrational decision-making, immoral behavior, 

poverty and income equality

Publications:

1. "Hidden ties: how kinship shapes the global shadow economy"(with Shuyi Ding), Public Choice, 2025, forthcoming.

2. "Dishonesty as a collective‐risk social dilemma"(with Marie Claire Villeval), Economic Inquiry, 2024, 62(1): 223-241. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecin.13171 

3. “Dishonesty in Developing Countries-What Can We Learn from Experiments?”(with Marie Claire Villeval), Forthcoming, Handbook of Experimental Development Economics, edited by Utteeyo Dasputa and Pushkar Maitra, Edward Elgar, 2025.

4. “Synergizing anti-corruption strategies: Group monitoring and endogenous crackdown – An experimental investigation”(with Qian wei and Lei Zhao), China Economic Review, 85 (2024): 102158. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chieco.2024.102158

5. "A Wise Man Is Never Confused”: Reasoning Ability and Anxiety in COVID-19 Pandemic" (with Qian wei and Tianshu Jiang), Applied Economics Letters, 1-6, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2024.2334445

6. “Individualism Versus Collectivism and the Early‑Stage Transmission of COVID‑19” (with Qian Wei, and Luyao Zhang), Social Indicators Research, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-022-02972-z

7.  “Confucian Culture, Moral Reminder, and Soft Corruption” (with Qian Wei), Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics,  (98),  2022, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socec.2022.101875

8.  "Cognitive Ability, Behavioral Preference and Individual Financial Decision-making"(with Qian Wei, and Liangjun Shen), Journal of Management Sciences in China, 2021, (1),(Published in Chinese).

9. "Partisan culture, identity and corruption: An experiment based on the Chinese Communist Party" (with Haoran He)，China Economic Review, 2020, 60, 101402.

10. "Coordinated punishment and evolution of human cooperation" (with Qian Wei, Ruiqi Sun, and Hang Ye). Economic Research Journal (Top Journal in Chinese)，2019,(7),(Published in Chinese).

11. "Beliefs and Economic Growth:Cross National Evidence Based on the World Values Survey"(WVS) (with Tao Sun), China Economist, 2017, (3)

12. "The dilemma of Corruption：an experimental investigation on the nature of corruption" (With Yefeng Chen)，Economic Research Journal，2016,(1),(Published in Chinese).

13. "Belief and Psychological Games: Theory,Evidence and Applications"(with Qian Wei), Economic Research Journal, 2013, (6) (Published in Chinese).

14. "How is Social Cooperative Order Possible: Exploring Mysteries" (with Qian Wei), Economic Research Journal, 2013, (11) (Published in Chinese).

15. "Beliefs and Economic Growth: Based on the Cross-Country Evidence from WVS" (with Tao Sun), World Economic Papers, 2016(4),(Published in Chinese).

16. "Field Experiments and Their Applications in Economics" (with Qian Qiao), Economic Review，2012(5), (Published in Chinese).

17. "The nature and determinants of corruption: Theory and Evidence" (with Haoran He), South China Journal of Economics, 2014(9), (Published in Chinese)

18. "Friend Choice with belief-dependent motivations" (with Shaoan Huang), Research on Financial and Economic Issues, 2014(10), (Published in Chinese)

Working papers under reviw:

1. Jiang, SG.,  Wang, S., &Wei, Q, "Thinking against the Wind: Narratives and Reasoning Ability",  DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.31282.93125
   

2. Jiang, SG.,  Villeval, MC. &Zhang, ZP., &Zheng, J.,  "War and Peace: How Economic Prospects Drive Conflictuality", DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.515626
   

3. Jiang, SG., Li, JH, & Wu, JL., "Judging Truth and Lies in Short Videos", DOI:  10.13140/RG.2.2.33380.08326

Awards and Honors:

Amartya Sen Prizes (2020, one of two prizes), International Economic Association.

Outstanding Achievement Award in Philosophy and Social Science of Zhejiang Province (2017, 2^nd prize)

Excellent doctoral dissertation (2016)

Outstanding Achievement Award in Social Science of Shandong Province (2015, 1^st prize)