Faculty Profiles - LIM Woo Young | The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Woo Young LIM
林祐永

PhD in Economics
University of Pittsburgh, 2010

Associate Professor
Department of Economics

(852) 2358 7628
wooyoung@ust.hk
Room LSK6008
Personal Web

Google Scholar

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ORCID

0000-0002-9665-8127

Scopus ID

49961718500

Research Interest Publications Projects Teaching Assignment RPG Supervision Space used

Research Interest

Game theory
Experimental economics
Economic theory
Microeconomics
Political economy

Publications

All Years 26 2024 1 2023 3 2022 3 2021 1 2020 4 2019 2 2018 12

2024 1

Multilateral bargaining over the division of losses

Games and Economic Behavior, v. 146, July 2024, p. 59-76
Kim, Duk Gyoo; Lim, Wooyoung
Article

2023 3

Cheap talk with prior-biased inferences

Games and Economic Behavior, v. 138, March 2023, p. 254-280
Lee, Yong-Ju; Lim, Woo Young; Zhao, Chen
Article

Mediated talk: An experiment

Journal of Economic Theory, v. 208, March 2023, article number 105593
Blume, Andreas; Lai, Ernest K.; Lim, Woo Young
Article

Vague Language and Context Dependence

Frontiers of Behavioral Economics, v. 2, February 2023
Lim, Woo Young; Wu, Qinggong
Article

2022 3

In vino veritas? Communication under the influence - An experimental study

Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, v. 197, May 2022, p. 325-340
Au, Pak Hung; Lim, Wooyoung; Zhang, Jipeng
Article

Preferences vs. strategic thinking: An investigation of the causes of overcommunication

Games and Economic Behavior, v. 136, November 2022, p. 92-116
Lafky, Jonathan; Lai, Ernest K.; Lim, Wooyoung
Article

Tie-breaking and efficiency in the laboratory school choice

Journal of Economic Theory, v. 205, October 2022, article number 105546
Cho, Wonki Jo; Hafalir, Isa E.; Lim, Woo Young
Article

2021 1

Does jump bidding increase sellers’ revenue? Theory and experiment

Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, v. 189, September 2021, p. 84-110
Lim, Woo Young; Xiong, Siyang
Article

2020 4

Endogenous Authority and Enforcement in Public Goods Games

The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics, v. 20, (2), June 2020, article number 20190057
Lim, Woo Young; Zhang, Jipeng
Article

Herd immunity and a vaccination game: An experimental study

PLoS ONE, v. 15, (5), May 2020, article number e0232652
Lim, Woo Young; Zhang, Pengfei
Article

The Borrowing Puzzle: Why Do Filipino Domestic Workers in Hong Kong, China Borrow Rather than Dissave?

Asian Development Review, v. 37, (2), September 2020, p. 77-99
Lim, Woo Young; Visaria, Sujata
Article

Strategic Information Transmission: A Survey of Experiments and Theoretical Foundations

Handbook of Experimental Game Theory / Edited by C. Monica Capra, Rachel Croson, Mary Rigdon and Tanya Rosenblat. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2020, p. 311-347, Ch. 13
Blume, Andreas; Lai, K. Ernest; Lim, Woo Young
Book chapter

2019 2

Eliciting Private Information with Noise: The Case of Randomized Response

Games and Economic Behavior, v. 113, January 2019, p. 356-380
Blume, Andreas; Lai, Ernest K.; Lim, Woo Young
Article

The Informational Theory of Legislative Committees: An Experimental Analysis

American Political Science Review, v. 113, (1), February 2019, p. 55-76
Battaglini, Marco; Lai, Ernest K.; Lim, Wooyoung; Wang, Joseph Tao-Yi
Article

2018 2

Conventional Contracts, Intentional Behavior and Logit Choice: Equality Without Symmetry

Games and Economic Behavior, v. 110, July 2018, p. 273-294
Hwang, Sung Ha; Lim, Woo Young; Neary, Philip R.; Newton, Jonathan
Article

Meaning and Credibility in Experimental Cheap-talk Games

Quantitative Economics, v. 9, (3), November 2018, p. 1453-1487
Lai, Ernest K.; Lim, Wooyoung
Article

2017 2

Coordination Via Correlation: An Experimental Study

Economic Theory, v. 64, (2), Aug 2017, p. 265-304
Duffy, John; Lai, Ernest K.; Lim, Woo Young
Article

The Emergence of Compositional Grammars in Artificial Codes

Games and Economic Behavior, v. 102, March 2017, p. 255-268
Hong, Fuhai; Lim, Woo Young; Zhao, Xiaojian
Article

2016 2

An Experimental Investigation of Stochastic Adjustment Dynamics

Games and Economic Behavior, v. 100, November 2016, p. 208-219
Lim, Woo Young; Neary, Philip R.
Article

Voluntary participation in public goods provision with Coasian bargaining

Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, v. 126, June 2016, p. 102-119
Hong, Fuhai; Lim, Woo Young
Article

2015 1

An experimental analysis of multidimensional cheap talk

Games and Economic Behavior, v. 91, May 2015, p. 114-144
Lai, Ernest K.; Lim, Wooyoung; Wang, Joseph Tao-yi
Article

2014 2

Bounded rationality and group size in Tullock contests: Experimental evidence

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, v. 99, March 2014, p. 155-167
Lim, Wooyoung; Matros, Alexander; Turocy, Theodore
Article

Communication in bargaining over decision rights

Games and Economic Behavior, v. 85, (1), May 2014, p. 159-179
Lim, Wooyoung
Article

2012 2

Authority and communication in the laboratory

Games and economic behavior, v. 74, (2), 2012, p. 541-560
Lai, E.K.; Lim, W.
Article

Selling authority

Journal of economic behavior & organization, v. 84, (1), September 2012, p. 393-415
Lim, Wooyoung
Article

2009 1

Contests with a Stochastic Number of Players

Games and Economic Behavior, v. 67, (2), 2009, p. 584-597
Lim, Woo Young; Matros, Alexander
Article

Article 1

Multilateral bargaining over the division of losses

Games and Economic Behavior, v. 146, July 2024, p. 59-76
Kim, Duk Gyoo; Lim, Wooyoung

Article 3

Cheap talk with prior-biased inferences

Games and Economic Behavior, v. 138, March 2023, p. 254-280
Lee, Yong-Ju; Lim, Woo Young; Zhao, Chen

Mediated talk: An experiment

Journal of Economic Theory, v. 208, March 2023, article number 105593
Blume, Andreas; Lai, Ernest K.; Lim, Woo Young

Vague Language and Context Dependence

Frontiers of Behavioral Economics, v. 2, February 2023
Lim, Woo Young; Wu, Qinggong

Article 3

In vino veritas? Communication under the influence - An experimental study

Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, v. 197, May 2022, p. 325-340
Au, Pak Hung; Lim, Wooyoung; Zhang, Jipeng

Preferences vs. strategic thinking: An investigation of the causes of overcommunication

Games and Economic Behavior, v. 136, November 2022, p. 92-116
Lafky, Jonathan; Lai, Ernest K.; Lim, Wooyoung

Tie-breaking and efficiency in the laboratory school choice

Journal of Economic Theory, v. 205, October 2022, article number 105546
Cho, Wonki Jo; Hafalir, Isa E.; Lim, Woo Young

Article 1

Does jump bidding increase sellers’ revenue? Theory and experiment

Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, v. 189, September 2021, p. 84-110
Lim, Woo Young; Xiong, Siyang

Article 3

Endogenous Authority and Enforcement in Public Goods Games

The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics, v. 20, (2), June 2020, article number 20190057
Lim, Woo Young; Zhang, Jipeng

Herd immunity and a vaccination game: An experimental study

PLoS ONE, v. 15, (5), May 2020, article number e0232652
Lim, Woo Young; Zhang, Pengfei

The Borrowing Puzzle: Why Do Filipino Domestic Workers in Hong Kong, China Borrow Rather than Dissave?

Asian Development Review, v. 37, (2), September 2020, p. 77-99
Lim, Woo Young; Visaria, Sujata

Book chapter 1

Strategic Information Transmission: A Survey of Experiments and Theoretical Foundations

Handbook of Experimental Game Theory / Edited by C. Monica Capra, Rachel Croson, Mary Rigdon and Tanya Rosenblat. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2020, p. 311-347, Ch. 13
Blume, Andreas; Lai, K. Ernest; Lim, Woo Young

Article 2

Eliciting Private Information with Noise: The Case of Randomized Response

Games and Economic Behavior, v. 113, January 2019, p. 356-380
Blume, Andreas; Lai, Ernest K.; Lim, Woo Young

The Informational Theory of Legislative Committees: An Experimental Analysis

American Political Science Review, v. 113, (1), February 2019, p. 55-76
Battaglini, Marco; Lai, Ernest K.; Lim, Wooyoung; Wang, Joseph Tao-Yi

Article 2

Conventional Contracts, Intentional Behavior and Logit Choice: Equality Without Symmetry

Games and Economic Behavior, v. 110, July 2018, p. 273-294
Hwang, Sung Ha; Lim, Woo Young; Neary, Philip R.; Newton, Jonathan

Meaning and Credibility in Experimental Cheap-talk Games

Quantitative Economics, v. 9, (3), November 2018, p. 1453-1487
Lai, Ernest K.; Lim, Wooyoung

Article 2

Coordination Via Correlation: An Experimental Study

Economic Theory, v. 64, (2), Aug 2017, p. 265-304
Duffy, John; Lai, Ernest K.; Lim, Woo Young

The Emergence of Compositional Grammars in Artificial Codes

Games and Economic Behavior, v. 102, March 2017, p. 255-268
Hong, Fuhai; Lim, Woo Young; Zhao, Xiaojian

Article 2

An Experimental Investigation of Stochastic Adjustment Dynamics

Games and Economic Behavior, v. 100, November 2016, p. 208-219
Lim, Woo Young; Neary, Philip R.

Voluntary participation in public goods provision with Coasian bargaining

Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, v. 126, June 2016, p. 102-119
Hong, Fuhai; Lim, Woo Young

Article 1

An experimental analysis of multidimensional cheap talk

Games and Economic Behavior, v. 91, May 2015, p. 114-144
Lai, Ernest K.; Lim, Wooyoung; Wang, Joseph Tao-yi

Article 2

Bounded rationality and group size in Tullock contests: Experimental evidence

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, v. 99, March 2014, p. 155-167
Lim, Wooyoung; Matros, Alexander; Turocy, Theodore

Communication in bargaining over decision rights

Games and Economic Behavior, v. 85, (1), May 2014, p. 159-179
Lim, Wooyoung

Article 2

Authority and communication in the laboratory

Games and economic behavior, v. 74, (2), 2012, p. 541-560
Lai, E.K.; Lim, W.

Selling authority

Journal of economic behavior & organization, v. 84, (1), September 2012, p. 393-415
Lim, Wooyoung

Article 1

Contests with a Stochastic Number of Players

Games and Economic Behavior, v. 67, (2), 2009, p. 584-597
Lim, Woo Young; Matros, Alexander

2018 2

Conventional Contracts, Intentional Behavior and Logit Choice: Equality Without Symmetry

Games and Economic Behavior, v. 110, July 2018, p. 273-294
Hwang, Sung Ha; Lim, Woo Young; Neary, Philip R.; Newton, Jonathan
Article

Meaning and Credibility in Experimental Cheap-talk Games

Quantitative Economics, v. 9, (3), November 2018, p. 1453-1487
Lai, Ernest K.; Lim, Wooyoung
Article

2017 2

Coordination Via Correlation: An Experimental Study

Economic Theory, v. 64, (2), Aug 2017, p. 265-304
Duffy, John; Lai, Ernest K.; Lim, Woo Young
Article

The Emergence of Compositional Grammars in Artificial Codes

Games and Economic Behavior, v. 102, March 2017, p. 255-268
Hong, Fuhai; Lim, Woo Young; Zhao, Xiaojian
Article

2016 2

An Experimental Investigation of Stochastic Adjustment Dynamics

Games and Economic Behavior, v. 100, November 2016, p. 208-219
Lim, Woo Young; Neary, Philip R.
Article

Voluntary participation in public goods provision with Coasian bargaining

Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, v. 126, June 2016, p. 102-119
Hong, Fuhai; Lim, Woo Young
Article

2015 1

An experimental analysis of multidimensional cheap talk

Games and Economic Behavior, v. 91, May 2015, p. 114-144
Lai, Ernest K.; Lim, Wooyoung; Wang, Joseph Tao-yi
Article

2014 2

Bounded rationality and group size in Tullock contests: Experimental evidence

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, v. 99, March 2014, p. 155-167
Lim, Wooyoung; Matros, Alexander; Turocy, Theodore
Article

Communication in bargaining over decision rights

Games and Economic Behavior, v. 85, (1), May 2014, p. 159-179
Lim, Wooyoung
Article

2012 2

Authority and communication in the laboratory

Games and economic behavior, v. 74, (2), 2012, p. 541-560
Lai, E.K.; Lim, W.
Article

Selling authority

Journal of economic behavior & organization, v. 84, (1), September 2012, p. 393-415
Lim, Wooyoung
Article

2009 1

Contests with a Stochastic Number of Players

Games and Economic Behavior, v. 67, (2), 2009, p. 584-597
Lim, Woo Young; Matros, Alexander
Article

Teaching Assignment

2024-25 Fall 1 2023-24 Summer 0 2023-24 Spring 1 2023-24 Winter 0 2023-24 Fall 4 2022-23 Summer 0

DBAP5310

Business Economics: Strategic and Behavioral Approach

ECON5190

Games and Strategic Behavior

DBAP5310	Business Economics: Strategic and Behavioral Approach
ECON2113	Microeconomics
ECON4124	Applied Game Theory
ECON5125	Behavioral Economics

No Teaching Assignments

Research Postgraduate (RPG) Supervision

From January 2021 to December 2024 (As of 21 November 2024)

All Supervisions Current RPGs Graduated RPGs

Current RPGs

Doctor of Philosophy

HUANG, Jinyuqi
Economics

Graduated RPGs

Doctor of Philosophy

ZHOU, Weixuan
Economics( Completed in 2024 )
LI, Run
Economics( Completed in 2021 )

Master of Philosophy

YE, Muyang (co-supervision)
Economics( Completed in 2023 )

Projects

From January 2022 to December 2024

All Projects 3 Leading Projects 2 Participating Projects 1

Laboratory Policy Experiments on College Hierarchy

大學等級制度的實驗室政策實驗 Leading

RGC - General Research Fund
Project Team (HKUST)
LIM Woo Young (Lead)
2023 -
Examination of Optimal Punishment Paths in the Laboratory Infinitely-repeated Cournot Duopoly

實驗室無限重復古諾雙寡頭最優懲罰路徑研究 Leading

RGC - General Research Fund
Project Team (HKUST)
LIM Woo Young (Lead)
2023 -
Prior Bias, Mistrust, and Garbling: An Experiment

關于先驗偏差、不信任以及信息干擾的實驗研究 Participating

RGC - General Research Fund
Project Team (HKUST)
LIM Woo Young
2021 - 2023

Research Interest

Publications

2024 1

2023 3

2022 3

2021 1

2020 4

2019 2

2018 2

2017 2

2016 2

2015 1

2014 2

2012 2

2009 1

Article 1

Article 3

Article 3

Article 1

Article 3

Book chapter 1

Article 2

Article 2

Article 2

Article 2

Article 1

Article 2

Article 2

Article 1

2018 2

2017 2

2016 2

2015 1

2014 2

2012 2

2009 1

Teaching Assignment

Research Postgraduate (RPG) Supervision

From January 2021 to December 2024 (As of 21 November 2024)

Current RPGs

Graduated RPGs

Projects

From January 2022 to December 2024

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