Last updated: July 2016
Jiemai Wu
School of Economics
Merewether Building (H04)
University of Sydney
NSW 2006 Australia
(+61) 2 9351 4881
[email protected]
jiemaiwu.com
Citizenship: P. R. China
Research interests
Microeconomic theory, game theory, behavioral economics
Employment
Lecturer (tenure track)
School of Economics, University of Sydney
July 2016 - present
Education
Ph.D., Economics, Washington University in St. Louis
Dissertation: “Essays on theories of social influence”
Dissertation Committee Chair: John Nachbar
May 2016
M.A., Economics, Washington University in St. Louis
B.A. with general honors, Economics and Statistics, University of Chicago
August 2012
June 2010
Publication
“Helpful laymen in informational cascades,” Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, August 2015,
volume 116, pages 407-415
Working papers
“Beneficially imperfect persuaders,” 2016
“The false promise of becoming a better person,” 2014
Teaching
Instructor
Mathematical Economics, WUSTL
Introduction to Microeconomics, WUSTL
Teaching assistant
Intermediate Microeconomics
Spring 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
Summer 2013
Fall 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
Conference and seminar presentations
Econometric Society Australasian Meeting, Sydney
July 2016
China Meeting of the Econometric Society, Chengdu
June 2016
Midwest Economic Theory Conference, Rochester
April 2016
Yale-NUS College
February 2016
University of Sydney
February 2016
Cornell University, Johnson Graduate School of Management
January 2016
Carleton College
January 2016
World Congress of the Econometric Society, Montreal
August 2015
International Conference on Game Theory, Stony Brook
July 2015
China Meeting of the Econometric Society, Xiamen
June 2014
Midwest Economic Theory Conference, Indianapolis
May 2014
Econometric Society Australasian Meeting, Sydney
July 2013
Graduate Student Conference, WUSTL
October 2012, 2013, 2015
Informal Seminar in Economic Theory, WUSTL
Sep 2012, Apr 2013, Apr 2015, Nov 2015
Fellowships
Graduate school fellowship, Washington University in St. Louis
Summer research grant, Washington University in St. Louis
Languages
English (fluent), Chinese (native)
2010 - 2016
2012 - 2015