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Yan Chen

Yan Chen

Daniel Kahneman Collegiate Professor of Information, Professor of Information, School of Information and Research Professor, Research Center for Group Dynamics, Institute for Social Research

BIO

Yan Chen is the Daniel Kahneman Collegiate Professor in the School of Information at the University of Michigan. Her research interests are in behavioral and experimental economics, market and mechanism design, and public economics. She conducts both theoretical and experimental research. research interests include mechanism design, behavioral and experimental economics. Current projects:

  • User-generated content in online communities
  • Online microfinance
  • School choice.

Her teaching interests are in the area of experimental economics, information economics, and user-generated content.

  • Bednar, Jenna, Chen, Yan, Private: Page, Scott E, Liu, Tracy Xiao. 2019. Directional behavioral spillover and cognitive load effects in multiple repeated games. Experimental Economics 22(3):705-734.  
  • Chen, Yan, Kesten, Onur . 2019. Chinese college admissions and school choice reforms: An experimental study. Games and Economic Behavior 115:83-100.  
  • Chen, Yan, YeckehZaare, Iman , Zhang, Ark Fangzhou. 2018. Real or bogus: Predicting susceptibility to phishing with economic experiments. PLOS ONE 13(6):e0198213.  
  • Chen, Yan, Jiang, Ming , Kesten, Onur , Robin, Stéphane , Zhu, Min . 2018. Matching in the large: An experimental study. Games and Economic Behavior 110:295-317.  
  • Chen, Yan, Eckel, Catherine . 2018. Introduction to the Symposium in Experimental Economics in memory of John Van Huyck. Experimental Economics 21(3):481-486.  
  • Faul, Jessica Danielle, Chen, Yan, Weir, David R, Taylor, Kathy, Kardia, Sharon R., Justice, A E, Winkler, T W, Feitosa, M F, Graff, M , Fisher, V A, Young, K , Barata, L , Deng, X , Czajkowski, J , Hadley, D , Ngwa, J S, Ahluwalia, T S, Chu, A Y, Heard-Costa, N L, Lim, E , Perez, J , Eicher, J D, Kutalik, Z , Xue, L , Mahajan, A , Renstrom, F , Wu, J , Qi, Q , Ahmad, S , Alfred, T , Amin, N , Bielak, L F, Bonnefond, A , Bragg, J , Cadby, G , Chittani, M , Coggeshall, S , Corre, T , Direk, N , Eriksson, J , Fischer, K , Gorski, M , Neergaard Harder, M , Horikoshi, M , Huang, T , Huffman, J E, Jackson, A U, Justesen, J M, Kanoni, S , Kinnunen, L , Kleber, M E, Komulainen, P , Kumari, M , Lim, U , Luan, J , Lyytikainen, L P, Mangino, M , Manichaikul, A , Marten, J , Middelberg, R P. S., Muller-Nurasyid, M , Navarro, P , Perusse, L , Pervjakova, N , Sarti, C , Smith, A V, Stancakova, A , Strawbridge, R J, Stringham, H M, Sung, Y J, Tanaka, T , Teumer, A , Trompet, S , van der Laan, S W, van der Most, P J, Van Vliet-Ostaptchouk, J V, Vedantam, S L, Verweij, N , Vink, J M, Vitart, V , Wu, Y , Yengo, L , Zhang, W , Hua Zhao, J , Zimmermann, M E, Zubair, N , Abecasis, G R, Adair, L S, Afaq, S , Afzal, U , Bakker, S J. L., Bartz, T M, Beilby, J , Bergman, R N, Bergmann, S , Biffar, R , Blangero, J , Boerwinkle, E , Bonnycastle, L L, Bottinger, E , Braga, D , Buckley, B M, Buyske, S , Campbell, H , Chambers, J C, Collins, F S, Curran, J E, de Borst, G J, de Craen, A J. M., de Geus, E J. C., Dedoussis, G , Delgado, G E, den Ruijter, H M, Eiriksdottir, G , Eriksson, A L, Esko, T , Ford, I , Forrester, T , Gertow, K , Gigante, B , Glorioso, N , Gong, J , Grallert, H , Grammer, T B, Grarup, N , Haitjema, S , Hallmans, G , Hamsten, A , Hansen, T , Harris, T B, Hartman, C A, Hassinen, M , Hastie, N D, Heath, A C, Hernandez, D , Hindorff, L , Hocking, L J, Hollensted, M , Holmen, O L, Homuth, G , Jan Hottenga, J , Huang, J , Hung, J , Hutri-Kahonen, N , Ingelsson, E , James, A L, Jansson, J O, Jarvelin, M R, Jhun, M A, Jorgensen, M E, Juonala, M , Kahonen, M , Karlsson, M , Koistinen, H A, Kolcic, I , Kolovou, G , Kooperberg, C , Kramer, B K, Kuusisto, J , Kvaloy, K , Lakka, T A, Langenberg, C , Launer, L J, Leander, K , Lee, N R, Lind, L , Lindgren, C M, Linneberg, A , Lobbens, S , Loh, M , Lorentzon, M , Luben, R , Lubke, G , Ludolph-Donislawski, A , Lupoli, S , Madden, P A. F., Mannikko, R , Marques-Vidal, P , Martin, N G, McKenzie, C A, McKnight, B , Mellstrom, D , Menni, C , Montgomery, G W, Musk, A B, Narisu, N , Nauck, M , Nolte, I M, Oldehinkel, A J, Olden, M , Ong, K K, Padmanabhan, S , Peyser, P A, Pisinger, C , Porteous, D J, Raitakari, O T, Rankinen, T , Rao, D C, Rasmussen-Torvik, L J, Rawal, R , Rice, T , Ridker, P M, Rose, L M, Bien, S A, Rudan, I , Sanna, S , Sarzynski, M A, Sattar, N , Savonen, K , Schlessinger, D , Scholtens, S , Schurmann, C , Scott, R A, Sennblad, B , Siemelink, M A, Silbernagel, G , Slagboom, P E, Snieder, H , Staessen, J A, Stott, D J, Swertz, M A, Swift, A J, Tayo, B O, Thorand, B , Thuillier, D , Tuomilehto, J , Uitterlinden, A G, Vandenput, L , Vohl, M C, Volzke, H , Vonk, J M, Waeber, G , Waldenberger, M , Westendorp, R G. J., Wild, S , Willemsen, G , Wolffenbuttel, B H. R., Wong, A , Wright, A F, Zhao, W , Zillikens, M C, Baldassarre, D , Balkau, B , Bandinelli, S , Boger, C A, Boomsma, D I, Bouchard, C , Bruinenberg, M , Chasman, D I, Chines, P S, Cooper, R S, Cucca, F , Cusi, D , Faire, U , Ferrucci, L , Franks, P W, Froguel, P , Gordon-Larsen, P , Grabe, H J, Gudnason, V , Haiman, C A, Hayward, C , Hveem, K , Johnson, A D, Wouter Jukema, J , Kivimaki, M , Kooner, J S, Kuh, D , Laakso, M , Lehtimaki, T , Marchand, L L, Marz, W , McCarthy, M I, Metspalu, A , Morris, A P, Ohlsson, C , Palmer, L J, Pasterkamp, G , Pedersen, O , Peters, A , Peters, U , Polasek, O , Psaty, B M, Qi, L , Rauramaa, R , Smith, B H, Sorensen, T I. A., Strauch, K , Tiemeier, H , Tremoli, E , van der Harst, P , Vestergaard, H , Vollenweider, P , Wareham, N J, Whitfield, J B, Wilson, J F, Tyrrell, J , Frayling, T M, Barroso, I , Boehnke, M , Deloukas, P , Fox, C S, Hirschhorn, J N, Hunter, D J, Spector, T D, Strachan, D P, van Duijn, C M, Heid, I M, Mohlke, K L, Marchini, J , Loos, R J. F., Kilpelainen, T O, Liu, C T, Borecki, I B, North, K E, Cupples, L A. 2017. Genome-wide meta-analysis of 241,258 adults accounting for smoking behaviour identifies novel loci for obesity traits. Nature communications 8:14977.  
  • Chen, Yan, Faul, Jessica Danielle, Ware, Erin Bakshis, Weir, David R, Li, Yan, Kardia, Sharon R., Evans, Mary Anne, Ng, M C. Y., Graff, M , Lu, Y , Justice, A E, Mudgal, P , Liu, C T, Young, K , Yanek, L R, Feitosa, M F, Wojczynski, M K, Rand, K , Brody, J A, Cade, B E, Dimitrov, L , Duan, Q , Guo, X , Lange, L A, Nalls, M A, Okut, H , Tajuddin, S M, Tayo, B O, Vedantam, S , Bradfield, J P, Chen, G , Chen, W M, Chesi, A , Irvin, M R, Padhukasahasram, B , Zheng, W , Allison, M A, Ambrosone, C B, Bandera, E V, Bartz, T M, Berndt, S I, Bernstein, L , Blot, W J, Bottinger, E P, Carpten, J , Chanock, S J, Conti, D V, Cooper, R S, Fornage, M , Freedman, B I, Garcia, M , Goodman, P J, Hsu, Y H, Hu, J , Huff, C D, Ingles, S A, John, E M, Kittles, R , Klein, E , Li, J , McKnight, B , Nayak, U , Nemesure, B , Ogunniyi, A , Olshan, A , Press, M F, Rohde, R , Rybicki, B A, Salako, B , Sanderson, M , Shao, Y , Siscovick, D S, Stanford, J L, Stevens, V L, Stram, A , Strom, S S, Vaidya, D , Witte, J S, Yao, J , Zhu, X , Ziegler, R G, Zonderman, A B, Adeyemo, A , Ambs, S , Cushman, M , Hakonarson, H , Levin, A M, Nathanson, K L, Zhao, W , Zhi, D , Arnett, D K, Grant, S F. A., Oloapde, O I, Rao, D C, Rotimi, C N, Sale, M M, Williams, L K, Zemel, B S, Becker, D M, Borecki, I B, Harris, T B, Hirschhorn, J N, Patel, S R, Psaty, B M, Rotter, J I, Wilson, J G, Bowden, D W, Cupples, L A, Haiman, C A, Loos, R J. F., North, K E. 2017. Discovery and fine-mapping of adiposity loci using high density imputation of genome-wide association studies in individuals of African ancestry: African ancestry anthropometry genetics consortium. PLoS genetics 13(4):e1006719.  
  • Chen, Yan, Chen, Roy , Liu, Yang , Mei, Qiaozhu . 2017. Does team competition increase pro-social lending? Evidence from online microfinance. Games and Economic Behavior 101:311-333.  
  • Chen, Yan, Kesten, Onur . 2017. Chinese College Admissions and School Choice Reforms: A Theoretical Analysis. Journal of Political Economy 125(1):99-139.  
  • Chen, Yan, Lu, Fangwen , Zhang, Jinan . 2017. Social comparisons, status and driving behavior. Journal of Public Economics 155:11-20.  
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