麻豆传媒

I joined 麻豆传媒 Business School in September 2023 as a Senior Lecturer specialising mostly in behavioural and experimental economics. Previously, I was an Assistant Professor at the University of Nottingham Ningbo China from 2018 to 2023. I received my PhD in Behavioural Economics in 2017 from the University of Nottingham, where I conducted my research within the Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics (CeDEx). From 2019 to 2023, I also served as Local Director of CeDEx China, and I continue to hold a position as an External there.

My research has been published in leading journals such as the American Economic Review, the European Economic Review, Games and Economic Behavior, the Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, and the Journal of Public Economics. I use a variety of experimental and non-experimental methods to study a range of topics across economics and touching upon related social sciences. Findings have been covered by media including BBC Radio 4, The Independent, The Daily Mirror and The Conversation.

Since 2025, I am an associate editor at the Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization.

Note for prospective PhD students: I am interested in supervising projects in any area of research for which I have appropriate expertise. Please feel free to contact me so that we can see whether there's a good potential match.

You can find my Google Scholar page , and full CV .

My research has tended to fall broadly within the fields of behavioural and experimental economics, but I have a wide range of interests, which include topics in economic discrimination, social norms, the economics of information, inequality, happiness, political economy, artificial intelligence, the effects of culture and religion on economic behaviour, and experimental methodology. I am in principle interested in research questions from all areas of economics and social science more generally.

My research uses a variety of methods, including lab experiments, online experiments, natural field experiments, discrete choice experiments, micro-econometrics, meta-analysis and systematic literature review.

In the 2025-26 academic year, I am the module leader for ECO3035 Happiness Economics (UG Year 3) and ECO2021 The Economics of Inequality and Disadvantage (UG Year 2). I am also teaching on the modules NBS8616 Behavioural Economics (MSc) and ECO1118 Economic Applications (UG Year 1).

Previously, I have convened undergraduate courses in behavioural and experimental economics, macroeconomics, microeconomics, economic regulation, and statistics.

In 2024 and 2025, I taught on the Summer School in Experimental and Behavioural Economics at the University of Nottingham Ningbo China. Previously, I have taught extracurricular courses and summer schools in experimental economics at Zhongnan University of Economics and Law in Wuhan, China.

Note to current students: In my role as Education Lead for Economics, I am involved in initiatives to enhance the learning experience of all economics students at 麻豆传媒. I welcome any communication from students - if you would like to share any feedback about your experience studying at the university, or suggestions for how it could be improved, please send me an email.

• Articles

  • Lane T. . Economics Letters 2026, 261, 112856.
  • Lane T, Zhou M. . Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 2025, 237, 107152.
  • Falvey R, Lane T, Luckraz S. . Games and Economic Behavior 2025, 150, 518-536.
  • Chen Y, Lane T, McDonald S. . Games and Economic Behavior 2025, 150, 198-214.
  • Lane T. . Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 2024, 224, 355-368.
  • Lane T, Miller L, Rodriguez I. . European Economic Review 2024, 162, 104661.
  • Zhang X, Grisolia J, Lane T. . Tourism Management 2023, 96, 104692.
  • Zhang X, Lane T. . China Economic Review 2023, 80, 102009.
  • Lane T, Nosenzo D, Sonderegger S. . American Economic Review 2023, 113(5), 1255-1293.
  • Gunessee S, Lane T. . Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics 2023, 107, 102086.
  • Lane T. . Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 2022, 202, 119-130.
  • Lane T. . Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics 2021, 90.
  • Gunessee S, Lane T, Xie S. . Review of Behavioral Economics 2021, 8(2), 125-145.
  • Kölle F, Lane T, Nosenzo D, Starmer C. . Behavioural Public Policy 2020, 4(1), 26-49.
  • Lane T. . Rationality and Society 2020, 32(2), 197-222.
  • Lane T. . Oxford Economic Papers 2019, 71(3), 548-563.
  • Barr A, Nosenzo D, Lane T. . Journal of Public Economics 2018, 164, 153-164.
  • Lane T. . Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics 2017, 68, 62-78.
  • Lane T. . European Economic Review 2016, 90, 375-402.

• Book Chapter

  • Lane T. . In: Chuah S-H; Hoffmann R; Neelim A, ed. Elgar Encyclopedia of Behavioural and Experimental Economics. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2025, pp.298–300.