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Kingston University
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Kingston upon Thames
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Tel: +44 (0)20 8417 9000

Dr Wei Pang

Current post:Senior Lecturer, Economics
Email:W.Pang@kingston.ac.uk
School:Economics
Extension:62608
Location:HH12
Profile
Wei Pang obtained a PhD in Economics from University of Birmingham in 2005. Prior to her academic career in the UK, she holds MBA degree from Tsinghua University and had 5 years business experience in China. Before joining Kingston University, she worked as a lecturer in Economics and Finance in Newcastle University and University of Exeter.
Her research interests are based around theoretical and empirical studies on decision behaviours under risk and ambiguity. Some specific areas include coordination problems under ambiguity, herding and contrarian trading behaviour in financial markets, asymmetric effects of information uncertainty and stock return predictability, pricing and sharing catastrophic risks.
Educational and professional qualifications
2005-2008Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education, Newcastle University
2001–2005PhD in Economics, University of Birmingham
2000–2001Msc in Money Banking and Finance, University of Birmingham
1998-2000MBA, TsingHua University
1989-1993Bsc in Chemistry, NanJing University of Science & Technology
Professional experience (post-1990)
2005-2008Lecturer in Economics & Finance, The Business School, Newcastle University
2004-2005Teaching Fellow in Economics, School of Business and Economics, University of Exeter
2001-2004Teaching Assistant in Economics, Department of Economics, University of Birmingham
Funding
Newcastle University: Staff Research Grant
Royal Economic Society: Junior Research Fellowship
UK Universities: Overseas Research Scholarships (ORS)
International connections
HongKong University
Toronto University
Tsinghua University
Professional activity
2005- Refereeing for Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, ESRC Fellowship
Research outputs
Jump to: Monograph
Number of items: 2.

Monograph

Pang, Wei and Kelsey, David (2009) How productive is optimism: a simple Keyne's-type "big push" model. (Discussion Paper) Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, U.K. : Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Kingston University. 28 p.

Ford, J L , Kelsey, D and Pang, W (2005) Information and ambiguity: herd and contrarian behaviour in financial markets. (Discussion Paper) Birmingham, U.K. : Department of Economics, University of Birmingham. 31 p.

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