Title: Professor, Director 

Email: leizhen@swufe.edu.cn

Office: Room 303, HongYuan Building, LiuLin Campus, SWUFE

Research Interests

Experimental and Behavioral Economics, Behavioral Finance, Game theory

Education

Visiting Scholar, Georgia State University        09/2011-09/2012

PhD Economics, the School of Economics of Southwestern University of Finance and Economics        2007

MA Management, College of Economics and Management of Southwestern University        2002

BA Agricultural Economics, College of Economics and Management of Sichuan Agricultural  University        1997

Teaching Experience 

Undergraduate: The principal of Economics, Experimental and Behavioral Economics 

Postgraduate: Intermediate Microeconomics, Game theory, Experimental and Behavioral Economics 

Doctoral Students: Advanced Microeconomics, Game theory, Experimental and Behavioral Economics,  Behavioral Finance and Investment Practice

Selected Publications

• 王婷、赵梁佛、杨金朋、张丹丹、雷震* (2024).“分配意图与上行间接互惠：来自行为与ERP的证据”. 心理学报.

• Serenella Tolomeo, Benjamin Chiao, Zhen Lei, Soo Hong Chew, Richard P. Ebstein (2020). "A Novel Role of CD38 and Oxytocin as Tandem Molecular Moderators of Human Social Behavior". Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews.

• Anne Chong, Serenella Tolomeo, Yue Xiong, Dario Angeles, Mike Cheung, Benjamin Becker, Poh San Lai, Zhen Lei, Fabio Malavasi, Qianzi Tang, Soo Hong Chew, Richard P. Ebstein (2021). "Blending oxytocin and dopamine with everyday creativity". Scientific Reports.

• 第一作者，外显和内隐情绪韵律加工的脑机制：近红外成像研究，心理学报，2021年第1期，53 (1)：15-25

• Dandan Zhang, Shen Zhang, Zhen Lei, Yiwei Li, Xianchun Li, Ruolei Gu (2023). "Why people engage in corrupt collaboration: an observation at the multi-brain level". Cerebral Cortex.

• Tian, Sen, Zhen Lei, Zhiquan Weng, Fraud (2017). "Trust and efficiency in the expert service market-- From the perspective of social preference and cheap talk game". Economic Research Journal (in Chinese).

• Lei, Zhen, Minggao Yang, Sen Tian and Anquan Zhang (2016). "Rumors in the Stock Market and Stock  Price Volatility: Evidence from a Behavioral Experiment". Economic Research Journal (in Chinese).

• Lei, Zhen, Sen Tian, Anquan Zhang, Renyu Li (2016). "Social Identity and Corrupt Behavior: An  Experimental Study". China Economic Quarterly (in Chinese)

• Tian, Sen, Zhen Lei, Jie Pan and Li Zeng (2016). "Optimal Social Health Insurance with Income  Disparity----A Modeling Approach". Insurance Research (in Chinese).

• Lei, Zhen (2013). "Experimental Study on Corrupt Behavior of Groups and Individuals:An Ultimatum  Game with Incomplete Information". Economic Reearch Journal (in  Chinese).

• Lei, Zhen, Anquan Zhang (2013). "The Study of the Importance of Precaution Saving: An Empirical  Study with China’s Data". The Journal of World Economy (in  Chinese).

• Lei, Zhen, Huan Peng (2010). "Banking Market Structure and the Birth Rates of Small and  Medium-sized Enterprises: Evidence From 1995 to 2006 in China". The Journal of World  Economy (in Chinese).

• Huan Peng, Lei, Zhen (2010). "The Empirical Research of the Relationship of Deregulation and the  Competition of Chinese Banking". Nankai Economic Studies (in Chinese).

•  Lei, Zhen, Huan Peng (2009). "The Reform of Chinese Banking and the Markets Structure of Loans  and Deposits--Empirical Estimates using Structure Model based on Conjectural Variation". Management World (in Chinese).

• Liu, Ye, Anquan Zhang and Zhen Lei (2016). "The Wealth Effect of Housing Assets: Empirical  Evidence Based on CHFS Data". Finance and Economics (in Chinese).

Conferences and Workshops

• 2017. Tenth Bi-Annual  Conference on Economic Design (York)

• 2013. World  Congress of Association of Economics Science (ESA) (Zurich) ; Experimental Economics  International Workshop (WISE) (Xiamen)

• 2011. World Congress of  Association of Economics Science (ESA) (Chicago) ; Chinese Economist Society Annual Conference (CES) (Beijing）

• 2010. First International Conference on Small Business Industrial Clusters in China and Italy (Chieti)

• 2009. Chinese Economics Society Annual  Conference (Macao)

• 2008. The Fifth Biennial Conference of Hong Kong Economic Association (Chengdu)

Awards 

• Dr. Werner Jackstädt Best Paper Award for Chinese Economic and Business Studies, 2017, Social  Identity and Corrupt Behavior: An Experimental Study (Zhen Lei, Sen Tian, Cheng Ling, Anquan Zhang,  Renyu Li), Published in Volume 15, No.3, China Economic Quarterly (in Chinese). 

• Outstanding Achievement Awards at SWUFE, 2013, Experimental Study on Corrupt Behavior of Groups 4 and Individuals: An Ultimatum Game with Incomplete Information (Zhen Lei), Published in Volume 58,  No.4, Economic Research Journal (in Chinese). 

• Second Prize of Liu Shibai Award Fund, 2010, The Reform of Chinese Banking and the Markets  Structure of Loans and Deposits――Empirical Estimates using Structure Model based on Conjectural  Variation(Zhen Lei, Huan Peng), Published in Volume 25, No.9, Management World (in Chinese). 

Honors 

• Academic and Technical Leader of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Province Government        2020

• Leading Talents, Tianfu Ten Thousand Talents Plan, Sichuan Province Government        2019 

• A-Class Talents, Guanghua Talents Program, SWUFE        2019