Cai Xiqian

Cai Xiqian is a professor at the School of Economics & Wang Yanan Institute for Studies in Economics (WISE) at Xiamen University. His areas of research include behavioural economics, labour economics, experimental economics and applied microeconometrics. His recent publications include “Skewed aspirations: The impact of economic inequality within the classroom on students’ academic performance.” (with Zhengquan Cheng and Yang Jiao), Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 237 (2025) and “Salience and medication panic buying.” (with Xueying Lyu and Daixin He), Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 234 (2025).