Professors

Yuxin SU

Assistant Professor

Behavioral Economics, Experimental Economics, Applied Microeconomics

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Yuxin SU

Academy

Transformation

Research center

SKEMA Centre for Sustainability Studies

Location

Suzhou

Discipline

Economics
Education
2021
Ph.D. in Economics, Claremont Graduate University, United States of America
2015
Master in Economics, University of Southern California, United States of America
2014
BA in Economics, Mathematics, University of Maryland, College Park, United States of America
Experience
Full-time academic positions
Since 2021
Assistant Professor of Economics, SKEMA Business School, China
Other research activities
Organization of a conference or a research seminar
2023
Co-organizer, Economic Science Association (ESA) Sessions, WEAI 98th Annual Conference
2023
Co-organizer, Economic Science Association (ESA) Sessions, WEAI 17th International Conference

Peer-reviewed journal articles

CAO, Y., SU, Y., WANG, G. and ZHANG, C. (2025). Health Insurance Coverage Changes Under the Affordable Care Act Among High Housing Cost Households, 2010–18. Health Economics, 34(3), pp. 415-430.
ZHOU, T., CHEN, G., SU, Y., YANG, T. and DING, J. (2025). Green bond underwriting, financial openness, and profitability of commercial banks. International Review of Financial Analysis, 99, pp. 103900.
CAPRA, M., JIANG, B. and SU, Y. (2024). Green self-image boosts online volunteering for environmental causes: Experimental evidence. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 110(102186).
HONG, B., KIM, K. and SU, Y. (2024). The Intergenerational Transmission of Risk Preferences: Evidence from Field Experiments in China and Korea. Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 45, pp. 151–173.
CAO, Y., CAPRA, M. and SU, Y. (2023). Do prosocial incentives motivate women to set higher goals and improve performance? Journal of Economic Psychology, 99, pp. 102659.
CAO, Y., CAPRA, M. and SU, Y. (2023). Can prosocial incentives and self-chosen goals improve performance? An online real-effort experiment. Oxford Economic Papers, 75(4), pp. 973–992.
CAPRA, M., JIANG, B. and SU, Y. (2022). Do Pledges Lead to More Volunteering? An Experimental Study. Economic Inquiry, 60(1), pp. 87-100.
CAPRA, M., JIANG, B. and SU, Y. (2021). Altruistic Self-Concept Mediates the Effects of Personality Traits on Volunteering: Evidence from an Online Experiment. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 92, pp. 101697.

Conference presentations

SU, Y. (2025). Beyond Commitment: Exploring the Role of Prosocial Incentives in Goal-Setting Effectiveness. In: 2025 ESA World Meeting.
SU, Y. (2025). Beyond Commitment: Exploring the Role of Prosocial Incentives in Goal-Setting Effectiveness. In: 2025 Asia-Pacific Meeting of the Economic Science Association.