Mei Wang

Professor at WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management

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WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management

Mei Wang is Professor of Behavioral Finance at the WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management, one of the leading business schools in Germany. In 2018, she is also adjunct professor at National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan. She is known for her research in behavioral decision making, e.g., the St. Petersburg paradox and Prospect theory, and finance. Together with Thorsten Hens and Marc Oliver Rieger, she was one of the authors of the INTRA survey (International Test on Risk Attitudes) that collected risk and time preferences in 53 countries worldwide leading to various follow-up studies by other researchers and practitioners and media coverage by leading German newspapers.

Mei Wang studied computer science at Xiamen University, obtained a PhD in social and decision science from Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, United States and later worked as assistant professor at the University of Zurich, Switzerland. She is Associate Editor for Finance Research Letters and member of the editorial board of the Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance.

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