Econ Research
Last updated*: Jun 2026
My main field of research are macroeconomics, international economics and monetary economics.
Some naive thoughts on economics. --> Naive thoughts.
Honors Research
My research is to explore how risk evaluations affect the decision-making of vehicle owners and enforcement officers in parking compliance. And my dissertation advisor is Prof. Quan Wen.
Here I made this page to document the timeline and my work over time.
Timeline:
Mar - Jun 2024:
Econ Honors Program Seminar I, Topics exploration
Took Econ 396 Seminar with Prof. Yael Midnight. ECON 396 at the University of Washington is an Honors Research Seminar for economics majors. It's a Spring quarter course for students in their junior year, designed to expose them to faculty research and potential thesis topics.
Took Econ 396 Seminar with Prof. Yael Midnight. ECON 396 at the University of Washington is an Honors Research Seminar for economics majors. It's a Spring quarter course for students in their junior year, designed to expose them to faculty research and potential thesis topics.
Jul - Aug 2024:
A Chill Summer Break :)
Looking for a topic that I want to explore while reading some recent published papers on top journals like American Economic Review and Econometrica. Doing networks with potential advisors
Looking for a topic that I want to explore while reading some recent published papers on top journals like American Economic Review and Econometrica. Doing networks with potential advisors
Sep - Nov 2024:
Honors Seminar II & Lecture
Took Econ 496 with Prof. Alan Griffith. According to description of the Econ department - This course (Econ496) is designed for Honors and other students in high standing to have the opportunity to develop research techniques, to pursue topics in breadth and depth, and to apply tools of economic analysis to selected topics in economic theory and current issues of national and international economic policy.
I was the Grader (Econ 400 - Advanced Microeconomics) to Prof. Quan Wen. I decided to work on a game theory research because of two reasons - (1) I recently got several parking violation tickets, which made me feel unhappy and start to wonder how could we maxmize our utility level in such senarios and (2) Prof. Wen is an expert on game theory research. I started to think about how parked drivers make decision on whether to pay the parking fee or not.
Here are the proposal and the Slides I made last year:
My proposal (Click to see it)
Presentation Slides (Click to see it)
Note* : Special thanks to the parking officer who gave me this ticket to inspire me to work on this topic when I had no idea on my thesis topic:)
Took Econ 496 with Prof. Alan Griffith. According to description of the Econ department - This course (Econ496) is designed for Honors and other students in high standing to have the opportunity to develop research techniques, to pursue topics in breadth and depth, and to apply tools of economic analysis to selected topics in economic theory and current issues of national and international economic policy.
I was the Grader (Econ 400 - Advanced Microeconomics) to Prof. Quan Wen. I decided to work on a game theory research because of two reasons - (1) I recently got several parking violation tickets, which made me feel unhappy and start to wonder how could we maxmize our utility level in such senarios and (2) Prof. Wen is an expert on game theory research. I started to think about how parked drivers make decision on whether to pay the parking fee or not.
Here are the proposal and the Slides I made last year:
My proposal (Click to see it)
Presentation Slides (Click to see it)
Note* : Special thanks to the parking officer who gave me this ticket to inspire me to work on this topic when I had no idea on my thesis topic:)
Dec 2024:
Preliminary Work on Honors Thesis
I started to write the abstract and intro section of my thesis while reading some emotion-related game theory models used in others' papers.
I started to write the abstract and intro section of my thesis while reading some emotion-related game theory models used in others' papers.
Jan - Mar 2025:
Honors Thesis Write-up - Core Math
Worked on the mathematics and model framework in my thesis.
Worked on the mathematics and model framework in my thesis.
Apr 2025:
Honors Thesis Write-up - Numerical Anaylsis and Simulation
Worked on the codes of my plots and finished the write-up
Worked on the codes of my plots and finished the write-up
May 2025:
Final Edition
Spent the first half month working on the final edition of my thesis (proofreading, polishing, grammer checking etc.).
Mid-May: Honors Thesis Submission
Submitted my thesis to Econ Honors Program.
Spent the first half month working on the final edition of my thesis (proofreading, polishing, grammer checking etc.).
Mid-May: Honors Thesis Submission
Submitted my thesis to Econ Honors Program.
Jun 2025:
Symposium Presentation:
Click here to see the poster
Lecture Presentation for the next Econ Honors Cohort
Click here to see the slide
Jul - Sep 2025:
Minor Editions on My Thesis
Nov 2025:
My work was submitted and accepted by the 18th Western Economic Association International conference in which I will present and share my findings with other experts in April 2026
Apr 2026:
Presented my work in this conference in Bangkok. Received lots of feedback from some professors and policy experts and realized that there are still some changes needed to made.
Continued...
Still fine-tuning my thesis (and enjoying life) with a goal to publish this paper at some points of my PhD journey...
More information about this conference? See here: 18th Western Economic Association International