Stephanie Wang
@sweiwang.bsky.social
immigrant, behavioral/experimental economics
mostly films, occasionally brains, games, and CCSC (Chinese Culinary Superiority Complex)
mostly films, occasionally brains, games, and CCSC (Chinese Culinary Superiority Complex)
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Stephanie Wang
@sweiwang.bsky.social
· Nov 17
I have made a starter pack for experimental economics. Please let me know if you would like to be added or deleted from the list. Thank you. go.bsky.app/2U7CMUC #Econsky
would there be interest in a bsky film club where we take turns picking a film to watch and discuss? @economeager.bsky.social @sanpages.bsky.social @valeriaburdea.bsky.social @antoinevernet.com @dandekadt.bsky.social @blmckean.bsky.social
January 19, 2026 at 6:46 PM
would there be interest in a bsky film club where we take turns picking a film to watch and discuss? @economeager.bsky.social @sanpages.bsky.social @valeriaburdea.bsky.social @antoinevernet.com @dandekadt.bsky.social @blmckean.bsky.social
you say that like it’s a bad thing: Nina Hoss and Sandra Hüller in every film directed by Ade and Akin and Petzhold; Murnau, Lang, Fassbinder, von Trotta, Herzog, Wenders, et al. retrospectives every weekend, Die Toten Hosen blasting at every (real) football game, Kraftwerk at the clubs …
We will have to watch German movies and listen to German pop music. 😫
Neither America nor the rest of the world is prepared for how the dismantling of Pax Americana by Trump will eventually impact American soft power in culture and entertainment. A lot of things will change.
January 19, 2026 at 4:29 PM
you say that like it’s a bad thing: Nina Hoss and Sandra Hüller in every film directed by Ade and Akin and Petzhold; Murnau, Lang, Fassbinder, von Trotta, Herzog, Wenders, et al. retrospectives every weekend, Die Toten Hosen blasting at every (real) football game, Kraftwerk at the clubs …
when @economeager.bsky.social tells me to read a post, i read it. when they tell me to watch a film, i watch it. when they tell me to watch a hockey show, i wait for the ensuing droll comments.
if i could make you read ONE (1) single post to improve your understanding of the challenges of social science in general it would be this one from @markfabian.bsky.social about wellbeing science specifically
profmarkfabian.substack.com/p/airing-my-...
profmarkfabian.substack.com/p/airing-my-...
Airing my grievances with wellbeing science
We have a streetlight problem
profmarkfabian.substack.com
January 19, 2026 at 1:04 PM
when @economeager.bsky.social tells me to read a post, i read it. when they tell me to watch a film, i watch it. when they tell me to watch a hockey show, i wait for the ensuing droll comments.
i used to take ~1hr NJ Transit into NYC just to watch films in grad school and it was glorious
"You’re not going to get in the car and go to the next town to see a movie," says Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos
Ted Sarandos commits to 45-day theatrical windows, believes theaters are for city folk
Ted Sarandos commits to 45-day theatrical windows, believes theaters are for city folk
www.avclub.com
January 17, 2026 at 1:56 PM
i used to take ~1hr NJ Transit into NYC just to watch films in grad school and it was glorious
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Quick question for social science friends (esp. political science and economics): what would you say are "competitors" to game theory? I.e. what are theoretical frameworks that are different from game theory but trying to attack the same problems?
Note: they don't have to be good, just competitors.
Note: they don't have to be good, just competitors.
January 15, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Quick question for social science friends (esp. political science and economics): what would you say are "competitors" to game theory? I.e. what are theoretical frameworks that are different from game theory but trying to attack the same problems?
Note: they don't have to be good, just competitors.
Note: they don't have to be good, just competitors.
i know @dandekadt.bsky.social has lots of important and helpful things to say on this topic. his resource page www.ddekadt.com/graduate-stu... (aimed at poli sci) is also good.
Webinar: Anxiety and Depression: Graduate School and Beyond | Thursday, February 5, 2026
"Anxiety and Depression: Graduate School and Beyond" Thursday, February 5, 2026 | 2:00 pm EST (11:00 am PST) Register Here A recent APSA survey found that anxiety and depression are common among political…
"Anxiety and Depression: Graduate School and Beyond" Thursday, February 5, 2026 | 2:00 pm EST (11:00 am PST) Register Here A recent APSA survey found that anxiety and depression are common among political…
Webinar: Anxiety and Depression: Graduate School and Beyond | Thursday, February 5, 2026
"Anxiety and Depression: Graduate School and Beyond" Thursday, February 5, 2026 | 2:00 pm EST (11:00 am PST) Register Here A recent APSA survey found that anxiety and depression are common among political scientists. Join APSA for a panel discussion about experiences with managing anxiety and depression in graduate school and as you begin your career as a professor. This professional development event is co-sponsored by the…
politicalsciencenow.com
January 12, 2026 at 7:24 PM
i know @dandekadt.bsky.social has lots of important and helpful things to say on this topic. his resource page www.ddekadt.com/graduate-stu... (aimed at poli sci) is also good.
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Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
www.youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Slightly diminish a game:
Terraforming Earth
Terraforming Earth
Slightly diminish a game:
Hollow squire
Hollow squire
Slightly diminish a game:
Red Dead Apology 2
Red Dead Apology 2
January 11, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Slightly diminish a game:
Terraforming Earth
Terraforming Earth
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Folks, make sure to subscribe to The Taboo Trades podcast for the type of racy content that has been banned from X & Meta. And you thought it was just a bunch of boring academics talking about their papers 🤦♀️
January 11, 2026 at 12:34 PM
Folks, make sure to subscribe to The Taboo Trades podcast for the type of racy content that has been banned from X & Meta. And you thought it was just a bunch of boring academics talking about their papers 🤦♀️
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The meeting of the Procrastination Society of America has been postponed.
January 10, 2026 at 1:18 PM
The meeting of the Procrastination Society of America has been postponed.
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the meeting of the Society for Inexact Philosophy will be held some time in 2026 at an university
The meeting of the Society for Exact Philosophy will be held 5/20-22/2026 at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. Paper submissions in all areas of analytic philosophy are welcomed. Deadline 1/30/2026. meta.phil.ufl.edu/host/sep/mee...
Conference Page
meta.phil.ufl.edu
January 10, 2026 at 4:15 AM
the meeting of the Society for Inexact Philosophy will be held some time in 2026 at an university
Pitt three-year postdoc: primary responsibilities will be managing PEEL lab; postdoc will be an integral member of Econ dept. and join a large team of behavioral/experimental economists, attending/presenting in seminars, and pushing forward own research agenda #econsky
www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....
www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....
American Economic Association: JOE Listings - August 1, 2025 - January 31, 2026
www.aeaweb.org
January 7, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Pitt three-year postdoc: primary responsibilities will be managing PEEL lab; postdoc will be an integral member of Econ dept. and join a large team of behavioral/experimental economists, attending/presenting in seminars, and pushing forward own research agenda #econsky
www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....
www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....
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For decades, John was the best experimental economist in the world.
#econsky #academicsky
marketdesigner.blogspot.com/2026/01/john...
#econsky #academicsky
marketdesigner.blogspot.com/2026/01/john...
John Henry Kagel (1942-2026), an incomparable experimental economist
marketdesigner.blogspot.com
January 7, 2026 at 2:38 PM
For decades, John was the best experimental economist in the world.
#econsky #academicsky
marketdesigner.blogspot.com/2026/01/john...
#econsky #academicsky
marketdesigner.blogspot.com/2026/01/john...
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NEW we are hiring 2-3 Postdocs in Social & Decision Neuroscience (SDN) at Caltech. The posting is here www.hss.caltech.edu/about/job-op...
Applications are due 15 February 2026.
Our core group in SDN is RAdolphs, me, DMobbs, JO'Doherty, and ARangel. Our track record of postdoc success is strong
Applications are due 15 February 2026.
Our core group in SDN is RAdolphs, me, DMobbs, JO'Doherty, and ARangel. Our track record of postdoc success is strong
Chen Center Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate in Social & Decision Neuroscience
From the Caltech Division of Humanities and Social Sciences
www.hss.caltech.edu
January 7, 2026 at 2:44 AM
NEW we are hiring 2-3 Postdocs in Social & Decision Neuroscience (SDN) at Caltech. The posting is here www.hss.caltech.edu/about/job-op...
Applications are due 15 February 2026.
Our core group in SDN is RAdolphs, me, DMobbs, JO'Doherty, and ARangel. Our track record of postdoc success is strong
Applications are due 15 February 2026.
Our core group in SDN is RAdolphs, me, DMobbs, JO'Doherty, and ARangel. Our track record of postdoc success is strong
www.legacy.com/us/obituarie... John Kagel cultivated the experimental lab and culture at Pitt that we still enjoy. we all know his auction expts, but he also had a long-standing interest in animal behavior, e.g. Demand Curves for Animal Consumers, Commodity-Choice Behavior with Pigeons as Subjects
January 7, 2026 at 2:56 AM
www.legacy.com/us/obituarie... John Kagel cultivated the experimental lab and culture at Pitt that we still enjoy. we all know his auction expts, but he also had a long-standing interest in animal behavior, e.g. Demand Curves for Animal Consumers, Commodity-Choice Behavior with Pigeons as Subjects
if only there was a field that studied optimal allocation of resources under constraints and uncertainty. did anyone maybe even get a fancy award for working that out? (if i recall correctly, this is not the first time it's happened to NEA sessions. ASSA, please sort it out.)
Every session and event sponsored by the National Economic Association was over capacity. The AEA must assign space appropriately in future meetings.
The AEA is not what it used to be
January 5, 2026 at 5:33 PM
if only there was a field that studied optimal allocation of resources under constraints and uncertainty. did anyone maybe even get a fancy award for working that out? (if i recall correctly, this is not the first time it's happened to NEA sessions. ASSA, please sort it out.)
which other Bayesian econometrician is going to tell you about the appearance of “self help” in an earlier Beowulf translation?
I wrote about the endless temptation successful people feel to justify and feel justified in a clearly toxic system. Happy new year.
open.substack.com/pub/rottenan...
open.substack.com/pub/rottenan...
Caveat Vendor
Universities, audience capture, and bullshit; Beowulf, Kendrick Lamar
open.substack.com
January 3, 2026 at 12:12 AM
which other Bayesian econometrician is going to tell you about the appearance of “self help” in an earlier Beowulf translation?
help: in this Spiegel interview, Werner Herzog mentions giving an opening address at the most important math congress in the US in the Spring. what is he referring to? any leads would be appreciated www.spiegel.de/kultur/werne...
(S+) Regisseur Werner Herzog: »Deutschland hat die Reiseflughöhe verlassen«
Er drehte mit Klaus Kinski und Elon Musk und gilt als der mutigste deutsche Regisseur in Hollywood. Hier spricht Werner Herzog über KI, Kriege, Krisen – und warum er die Kultur der Wehleidigkeit nicht...
www.spiegel.de
January 1, 2026 at 8:22 PM
help: in this Spiegel interview, Werner Herzog mentions giving an opening address at the most important math congress in the US in the Spring. what is he referring to? any leads would be appreciated www.spiegel.de/kultur/werne...
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NEW Handbook of Experimental [Economics] Methodology (Eds Erik Snowberg, Leatt Yariv) is out. shop.elsevier.com/books/handbo...
chapter w Isabelle Brocas, Juan Carrillo
label-laboratory.org
+ Ian Krajbich
krajbichlab.psych.ucla.edu/people/
is about many ways to measure and cause choice processes
chapter w Isabelle Brocas, Juan Carrillo
label-laboratory.org
+ Ian Krajbich
krajbichlab.psych.ucla.edu/people/
is about many ways to measure and cause choice processes
December 24, 2025 at 1:16 AM
NEW Handbook of Experimental [Economics] Methodology (Eds Erik Snowberg, Leatt Yariv) is out. shop.elsevier.com/books/handbo...
chapter w Isabelle Brocas, Juan Carrillo
label-laboratory.org
+ Ian Krajbich
krajbichlab.psych.ucla.edu/people/
is about many ways to measure and cause choice processes
chapter w Isabelle Brocas, Juan Carrillo
label-laboratory.org
+ Ian Krajbich
krajbichlab.psych.ucla.edu/people/
is about many ways to measure and cause choice processes
while he was known for broad and deep work on many topics, i, along with other behavioral economists, am especially thankful for "Psychological Expected Utility Theory and Anticipatory Feelings" www.jstor.org/stable/2696443 let me also mention a nice short method piece www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
December 23, 2025 at 3:48 PM
while he was known for broad and deep work on many topics, i, along with other behavioral economists, am especially thankful for "Psychological Expected Utility Theory and Anticipatory Feelings" www.jstor.org/stable/2696443 let me also mention a nice short method piece www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
another benefit: being in one of the best cities in the world
Our dept is hiring an associate professor in microeconomics / competition theory.
It is a wonderful department - do get in touch.
The job ad is in German but we teach more and more in English, so we‘re flexible.
www.hu-berlin.de/en/universit...
It is a wonderful department - do get in touch.
The job ad is in German but we teach more and more in English, so we‘re flexible.
www.hu-berlin.de/en/universit...
W2-Professur für „Wettbewerbspolitik“ - Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
www.hu-berlin.de
December 18, 2025 at 5:12 PM
another benefit: being in one of the best cities in the world
Check out the rest of Pitt JM candidate @jiaweilyu.bsky.social 's exciting research too: sites.google.com/view/jiaweil...
December 11, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Check out the rest of Pitt JM candidate @jiaweilyu.bsky.social 's exciting research too: sites.google.com/view/jiaweil...
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"Surely it doesn't need to be said that Paul Dano is one of our greatest actors. Anyone who doesn't get that doesn't know what acting is. He's also a brilliant director and writer, a very snappy dresser, and a gigantic mensch." --Tony Kushner
December 5, 2025 at 4:09 AM
"Surely it doesn't need to be said that Paul Dano is one of our greatest actors. Anyone who doesn't get that doesn't know what acting is. He's also a brilliant director and writer, a very snappy dresser, and a gigantic mensch." --Tony Kushner
She also has a nice paper with Yiming Liu (former Pitt PhD), Cappelen, and Tungodden, R+R at MS, that finds underestimation of the role of unequal opportunities in people's mental models of inequality. drive.google.com/file/d/1i1m1...
December 4, 2025 at 6:49 PM
She also has a nice paper with Yiming Liu (former Pitt PhD), Cappelen, and Tungodden, R+R at MS, that finds underestimation of the role of unequal opportunities in people's mental models of inequality. drive.google.com/file/d/1i1m1...