Nilanjan Roy

Qualifications

• PhD - HSS (California Institute of Technology)
• MS - HSS (California Institute of Technology)
• MS - Quantitative Economics (Indian Statistical Institute) BSc - Economics (Presidency College)

Biography

NILANJAN ROY received his B.Sc. (Honours) from Presidency College, University of Calcutta, India, M.S.(QE) from Indian Statistical Institute, India, M.S. and Ph.D. in Social Science from California Institute of Technology, U.S.A. Prior to joining the City University of Hong Kong, he was an Assistant Professor at the Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore. His main research/teaching interests include Microeconomics, Game Theory, Experimental Economics, Experimental Finance. His current research focuses on cooperation in dynamic networks, consumption smoothing and social trading in experimental asset markets.

Research Areas

• Game Theory
• Experimental Economics
• Microeconomics
• Asset Pricing

Faculty Positions

• 2015 - Now Economics and Finance - City University of Hong Kong Assistant Professor
• 2013 - 2015 ESD - Singapore University of Technology and Design Assistant Professor

Awards

2020 Vernon L. Smith Excellence Award in Experimental Finance
Society for Experimental Finance

Best Paper Award
Behavioral Finance and Capital Markets Conference, Centre for Applied Financial Studies, University of Adelaide

Teaching Areas

• Microeconomics
• Game Theory

Research Grants

PI: "Experiments on Motives to Trade, Consumption Smoothing and Asset Price Bubbles", General Research Fund (GRF) - Research Grants Council (RGC) , Amount: HKD 336,322 (2019-2022), Nilanjan Roy, Yohanes E. Riyanto

PI: "Information Exchange and Social Trading in Experimental Asset Markets", General Research Fund (GRF) - Research Grants Council (RGC), Amount: HKD 353520 (2018-2021), Nilanjan Roy, Yohanes E. Riyanto

PI: "Experiments on Action Revision in Games", Strategic Research Grant - City University of Hong Kong, Amount: HKD 100000 (2017-2019), Nilanjan Roy, Yohanes E. Riyanto

PI: "Experiments on Cooperation, Trust and Markets", Start-up Grant - City University of Hong Kong, Amount: HKD 300000 (2016-2018), Nilanjan Roy

co-PI: "The Evolution of Cooperation, Endogenous Partner Selection and Homophily in Social Networks", AcRF Tier-2 - Ministry of Education, Singapore, Amount: SGD 248985 (2015-2018), Nilanjan Roy, Yohanes E. Riyanto, Edoardo Gallo

PI: "Start-Up Grant", Start-Up Grant - Singapore University of Technology and Design, Amount: SGD 100000 (2013-2015), Nilanjan Roy

Publications

Journal Publications and Reviews

Riyanto, Yohanes E.; Roy, Nilanjan / Path of intertemporal cooperation and limits to turn-taking behavior. September 2019; In: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. Vol. 165, pp. 21-36

Halim, Edward; Riyanto, Yohanes E.; Roy, Nilanjan / Costly Information Acquisition, Social Networks, and Asset Prices: Experimental Evidence. August 2019; In: Journal of Finance. Vol. 74, No. 4, pp. 1975-2010

Gallo, Edoardo; Riyanto, Yohanes E.; Teh, Tat-How; Roy, Nilanjan / Strong links promote the emergence of cooperative elites. July 2019; In: Scientific Reports. Vol. 9

Palfrey, Thomas; Rosenthal, Howard; Roy, Nilanjan / How cheap talk enhances efficiency in threshold public goods games. January 2017; In: Games and Economic Behavior. Vol. 101, pp. 234-259

Asparouhova, Elena; Bossaerts, Peter; Roy, Nilanjan; Zame, William / “Lucas” in the Laboratory. December 2016; In: Journal of Finance. Vol. 71, No. 6, pp. 2727-2780

Plott, Charles; Roy, Nilanjan; Tong, Baojia / Marshall and Walras, disequilibrium trades and the dynamics of equilibration in the continuous double auction market. October 2013; In: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. Vol. 94, pp. 190-205