Richard EBSTEIN

Title: Professor (half time)      Nationality: USA/ Israel


Email: ebstein@swufe.edu.cn

Office: Room 305A, HongYuan Building, LiuLin Campus, SWUFE

 

Research Interests

Neurobiology of decision making, behavioral and experimental economics, personality genetics


Education

PhD, Yale University        1968

MS, Yale University        1965

Bsc, Union College       1963


Academic positions

Professor, Southwestern University of Finance & Economics        2018-present

Professor, National University of Singapore       2010-2018

Professor, Hebrew University        2002-2010   

Visiting Professor, Hebrew University        2001-2002

Professor (Chaver-Adjunct), Ben-Gurion University        1997-2002

DAAD Fellow, Dept of Neurochemistry, Munich, Germany        1991-1992

Director of Research & Clinical Lab, Sarah Herzog-(Ezrath Nashim) Hospital       1982-2010

Visiting Expert, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda        1980-1981

Senior Scientist, Herzog-Ezrat Nashim Hospital        1974-1982

Assistant Research Scientist, New York University Medical Center        1972-1974

Assistant Professor, New York University Medical Center        1972-1973

Lecturer, Hebrew University, Rehovot        1968-1972


Awards

  • FASS Certificate for Excellence in Research in 2013 (FASS top 20% Researchers) 

  • National University of Singapore “ODPRT Grant for Research Excellence” 2013 

  • Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School Faculty Research Prize for study entitled "Lithium inhibition of adrenaline stimulated adenylate cyclase in humans"


Selected Publications

Relating to Behavioral and Biological Economics and the Social Sciences

  • Soo Hong Chew, Richard P. Ebstein, Salomon Israel, Zhen Lei, Wei Tang (2023), "Adam Smith’s error? Gender and country differences in altruistic giving revealed using the Andreoni–Miller dictator game." Economics Letters.

  • Soo Hong Chew, Richard P. Ebstein, Yunfeng Lu (2023), "Rice Culture and the Cushion Hypothesis: Experimental Evidence from Incentivized Risk Taking Tasks." Economics Letters.

  • Robin Chark, Zhong Sonfa, Shui Ying Tsang, Chiea Chuen Khor, Richard P Ebstein, Xue Hong, Chew Soo Hong (2022), "A Gene-Brain-Behavior Basis for Familiarity Bias in Source Preference." Theory and Decision.

  • Xue, Chiao, Xu, Li, Shi, Cheng, Shi, Guo, Tong, Guo, Chew, Ebstein, Cui (2022), “The Heart-Brain Axis: A Proteomics Study of Meditation on the Cardiovascular System of Tibetan Monks.” eBioMedicine.

  • Y. Huang et al. (2019), “Successful aging, cognitive function, socioeconomic status, and leukocyte telomere length.” Psychoneuroendocrinology.

  • Zhong S, Shalev I, Koh D, Ebstein RP, Chew SH (2018), “Competitiveness and stress.” Int Econ Rev (Philadelphia).

  • Yim O-S, Zhang X, Shalev I, Monakhov M, Zhong S, Hsu M, et al (2016), “Delay discounting, genetic sensitivity, and leukocyte telomere length.” Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A.

  • Shen Q, Teo M, Winter E, Hart E, Chew SH, Ebstein RP (2016), “To cheat or not to cheat: Tryptophan hydroxylase 2 SNP variants contribute to dishonest behavior.” Front Behav Neurosci.

  • Ebstein RP, Monakhov MV, Lu Y, Jiang Y, Lai PS, Chew SH (2015), “Association between the dopamine D4 receptor gene exon III variable number of tandem repeats and political attitudes in female Han Chinese.” Proc R Soc B Biol Sci.

  • Jiang Y, Bachner-Melman R, Chew SH, Ebstein RP (2015), “Dopamine D4 receptor gene and religious affiliation correlate with dictator game altruism in males and not females: Evidence for gender-sensitive gene ? culture interaction.” Front Neurosci.

  • Set E, Saez I, Zhu L, Houser DE, Myung N, Zhong S, et al (2014), “Dissociable contribution of prefrontal and striatal dopaminergic genes to learning in economic games.” Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A.

  • Chew SH, Ebstein RP, Zhong S (2013), “Sex-hormone genes and gender difference in ultimatum game: Experimental evidence from China and Israel.” J Econ Behav Organ.

  • Eisenegger C, Pedroni A, Rieskamp J, Zehnder C, Ebstein R, Fehr E, et al (2013), “DAT1 Polymorphism Determines L-DOPA Effects on Learning about Others’ Prosociality.” PLoS One.

  • Chew SH, Ebstein RP, Zhong S (2012), “Ambiguity aversion and familiarity bias: Evidence from behavioral and gene association studies.” J Risk Uncertain.

  • Gianotti LRR, Figner B, Ebstein RP, Knoch D (2012), “Why some people discount more than others: Baseline activation in the dorsal PFC mediates the link between COMT genotype and impatient choice.” Front Neurosci.

  • Israel S, Weisel O, Ebstein RP, Bornstein G (2012), “Oxytocin, but not vasopressin, increases both parochial and universal altruism.” Psychoneuroendocrinology.

  • Zhong S, Chark R, Ebstein RP, Chew SH (2012), “Imaging genetics for utility of risks over gains and losses. Neuroimage.

  • Zhong S, Monakhov M, Mok HP, Tong T, Lai PS, Chew SH, et al (2012), “U-Shaped Relation between Plasma Oxytocin Levels and Behavior in the Trust Game.” PLoS One.

  • Avinun R, Israel S, Shalev I, Gritsenko I, Bornstein G, Ebstein RP, et al (2011), “Avpr1a variant associated with preschoolers’ lower altruistic behavior.” PLoS One.

  • Ebstein R, Shamay-Tsoory S, Chew SH (2011), “From DNA to Social Cognition.” Wiley-Blackwell. Hoboken NJ.

  • Ebstein RP, Israel S, Chew SH, Zhong S, Knafo A (2010), “Genetics of Human Social Behavior.” Neuron.

  • Eisenegger C, Knoch D, Ebstein RP, Gianotti LRR, Sndor PS, Fehr E (2010), “Dopamine Receptor D4 Polymorphism Predicts the Effect of L-DOPA on Gambling Behavior.” Biol Psychiatry.

  • Zhong S, Israel S, Shalev I, Xue H, Ebstein RP, Chew SH (2010), “Dopamine D4 receptor gene associated with fairness preference in ultimatum game.” PLoS One.

  • Israel S, Lerer E, Shalev I, Uzefovsky F, Riebold M, Laiba E, et al (2009), “The oxytocin receptor (OXTR) contributes to prosocial fund allocations in the Dictator Game and the social value orientations task.” PLoS One.

  • Zhong S, Chew SH, Set E, Zhang J, Xue H, Sham PC, et al (2009), “The heritability of attitude toward economic risk.” Twin Res Hum Genet.

  • Zhong S, Israel S, Xue H, Ebstein RP, Chew SH (2009), “Monoamine oxidase A gene (MAOA) associated with attitude towards longshot risks.” PLoS One.

  • Zhong S, Israel S, Xue H, Sham PC, Ebstein RP, Chew SH (2009), “A neurochemical approach to valuation sensitivity over gains and losses.” Proc R Soc B Biol Sci.

  • Israel S, Lerer E, Shalev I, Uzefovsky F, Reibold M, Bachner-Melman R, et al (2008), “Molecular genetic studies of the arginine vasopressin 1a receptor (AVPR1a) and the oxytocin receptor (OXTR) in human behaviour: from autism to altruism with some notes in between.” Progress in Brain Research.

  • Knafo A, Israel S, Darvasi A, Bachner-Melman R, Uzefovsky F, Cohen L, et al (2008), “Individual differences in allocation of funds in the dictator game associated with length of the arginine vasopressin 1a receptor RS3 promoter region and correlation between RS3 length and hippocampal mRNA.” Genes, Brain Behav.



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