Min Gong

Ph.D.in Economics,M.A.in Psychology

I am a graduate student in the department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania. My advisors are Jonathan Baron at Psychology and Howard Kunreuther at Wharton. I study judgment and decision making, especially decison making under uncertainty and environmental decision making. More information on my current research can be found here. I recieved my M.A. in Psychology in May 2007 and expect to finish my Ph.D. in Psychology in May 2009.

I am also an economist and received my Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Wyoming in May 2007. My major area of economic research is environmental and resource economics. My advisor in Wyoming was John Tschirhart. You can download my dissertation here.

My inner curiosity towards both Homo economicus (Economic Man) and human nature determines my double identities and has guided my research. Thanks to rising new fields, such as decision making and behavior economics, there is a emerging bridge between economists and psychologists. I see myself as becoming a brick of the bridge.

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