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I am a postdoctoral researcher at the department of Spatial Economics of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. I hold a PhD (2021) from the Erasmus University of Rotterdam.
dr. Xiao Yu
Visiting Fellow, School of Business and Economics, Spatial Economics
Research
My research interest is to use academic tools and insights to improve solutions for real-world problems and to bring real life dilemmas to reshape the academic conceptualisation of the problem.
In the past, I have focused on time preference, nudge and policy design. More specifically, I have studied how preferences for correlations play a role in intertemporal risky decision-making; how to design policy intervention to nudge people away from procrastination; whether monetary penalty has deterring effects in school absenteeism; and how to design public communication to promote safety behaviour during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Currently, I study the dynamics of mobility behaviour in the Netherlands during and after the Covid-19 pandemic.
Teaching
Past Experience:
- Teaching interactive tutorials for Introduction to Behaviour Economics (bachelor level course)
- Supervising Master and Bachelor thesis on experimental economics
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