Welcome! 

I am a Ph.D. candidate in Economics at Georgia State University and a 2026–2027 job market candidate. I am an experimental and behavioral economist working at the intersection of environmental economics, information economics, and public policy. 

I am fortunate to be advised by Professor Garth Huetel​, Vjollca Sadiraj, Sarah Jacobson, James Cox.

My Job Market Paper, “Persuade or Price? Bayesian Persuasion vs. Pigouvian Taxation Under Congestion,” uses laboratory experiments to compare pricing and private recommendations as tools for managing congestion. Recommendations make choices more responsive to the value of available alternatives, while a flat charge reduces use across conditions. Both policies improve resource allocation, but users’ earnings rise under recommendations and fall under the charge, whose revenue is not returned to participants.

More broadly, my research combines economic theory, laboratory experiments, and quasi-experimental analysis using large administrative and survey datasets to study cooperation, beliefs, and policy design under uncertainty. In ongoing empirical work, I use policy variation and instrumental-variable approaches to examine behavioral responses to public health and environmental policies.

I am currently a CEAR (Center for Economics and Risk) Scholar at Georgia State University and have received multiple fellowships and research grants supporting my experimental research and conference presentations.

View my CV | Contact me at: wlu10@gsu.edu and wenlu0222@gmail.com