Lawrence Jin

I am a behavioral economist at Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore. I received BA in Mathematics & Economics and PhD in Economics, both from Cornell University. 


For research, I use both econometric and experimental methods to study topics in behavioral economics, health economics, and public policy. 


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Selected Working Papers


Replication by plebiscite: Examining the replicability of online experiments selected by a decision market

(with Felix Holzmeister et al.)

Accepted in-principle at Nature Human Behaviour


Visit to the emergency room: Impact on subsequent compliance behavior and health outcome

(with Juin Kuan Chong et al.)

R&R at BMJ Open



Publications


How to induce honesty: Results from a large-scale experiment

(with Teck-Hua Ho, Su-Chin Hsu, Dayoung Kim, Jeonbin Kim and Ching Leong)

Policy and Society, forthcoming


Path dependency in physician decisions 

(with Rui Tang, Han Ye, Junjian Yi, and Songfa Zhong)

Review of Economic Studies, 2024


Developing Resilience Pathways for Interdependent Infrastructure Networks: A Simulation-Based Approach with Consideration to Risk Preferences of Decision-Makers

(with Srjith Balakrishnan, Beatrice Cassottana, Alberto Costa, Giovanni Sansavini)

Sustainable Cities and Society, 2024


Misinformation, consumer risk perceptions, and markets: The impact of an information shock on vaping and smoking cessation

(with Donald Kenkel, Michael Lovenheim, Alan Mathios, and Hua Wang)

Economic Inquiry, 2024


Human-capital investments as a commitment device

(with Minwook Kang)

Economic Modelling, 2023


Addiction, present-bias, and self-restraint 

(with Minwook Kang)

Southern Economic Journal, 2022


Assessing the impact of novelty and conformity on hesitancy towards COVID-19 vaccines using mRNA technology 

(with Ching Leong, Dayoung Kim, Jeongbin Kim, Yik Ying Teo, and Teck-Hua Ho)

Communications Medicine, 2022


Time dependency in physician decision-making 

(with Rui Tang, Han Ye, Junjian Yi, and Songfa Zhong)

American Economic Review: Papers & Proceedings, 2020


Sleep, health, and human capital: Evidence from daylight saving time

(with Nicolas Ziebarth)

Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2020



Earlier Publications


Retrospective and prospective benefit-cost analysis of US anti-smoking policies 

(with Donald S. Kenkel, Feng Liu, and Hua Wang)

Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis, 2015


On the relationship between university education and economic growth: the role of professors’ publication 

(with Jang C. Jin)

Education Economics, 2014


Internet education and economic growth: Evidence from cross-country regressions

(with Jang C. Jin)

Economies, 2014


Research publications and economic growth: Evidence from cross-country regressions 

(with Jang C. Jin)

Applied Economics, 2013


Peri-operative blood transfusion increases length of hospital stay and number of postoperative complications in non-cardiac surgical patients 

(with Wendy F. Bower, Malcolm J. Underwood, Y. H. Lam, and Paul B. Lai)

Hong Kong Medical Journal, 2010


Overt diabetes mellitus adversely affects surgical outcomes of noncardiovascular patients

(with Wendy F. Bower, Malcolm J. Underwood, Janet F. Lee, Kit F. Lee, Yuk H. Lam, Sui K. Ng, Alexander C. Vlantis, and Paul B. Lai)

Surgery, 2010