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Prof. Nilanjan ROY

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

Associate Professor

Prof. Nilanjan ROY

Contact Information

Address: 9-255, Lau Ming Wai Academic Building
City University of Hong Kong
Phone: +852 34422659
E-mail:
nilanroy@cityu.edu.hk
Personal Web:
https://sites.google.com/site/econnr86/
SSRN Web:
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=2554805
CV:
LinkedIn

Research Areas

  • Game Theory
  • Experimental Economics/Finance
  • Microeconomics
  • Asset Pricing

Dr. Nilanjan Roy received his Ph.D. in Social Science in 2013 from the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, U.S.A. Before joining the City University of Hong Kong in 2015, 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, and Experimental Finance. Dr. Roy's work has been published in the Economic Journal, Games and Economic Behavior, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Journal of Economic Theory, Journal of Finance, and Scientific Reports. His current research focuses on action revision in non-cooperative games, information transmission in experimental asset markets, and trading in dark pools.

Faculty Positions

Period Department - Institution Position
7/2021 - Now Economics and Finance - City University of Hong Kong Associate Professor
8/2015 - 6/2021 Economics and Finance - City University of Hong Kong Assistant Professor
2013 - 2015 ESD - Singapore University of Technology and Design Assistant Professor

Awards

Award Title Institution
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 Grant

  • PI: "Dynamic Interactions, Information Transmission, and Asset Prices: Experiments", General Research Fund (GRF) - Research Grants Council (RGC) , Amount: HKD 327,993 (2021-2024) , Nilanjan Roy, Yohanes E. Riyanto
  • PI: "Experiments on Information Sharing and Asset Price Dynamics", Strategic Research Grant - City University of Hong Kong , Amount: HKD 100,000 (2020-2022) , Nilanjan Roy, Yohanes E. Riyanto
  • 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 353,520 (2018-2021) , Nilanjan Roy, Yohanes E. Riyanto
  • PI: "Experiments on Action Revision in Games", Strategic Research Grant - City University of Hong Kong , Amount: HKD 100,000 (2017-2019) , Nilanjan Roy, Yohanes E. Riyanto
  • PI: "Experiments on Cooperation, Trust and Markets", Start-up Grant - City University of Hong Kong , Amount: HKD 300,000 (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 248,985 (2015-2018) , Nilanjan Roy, Yohanes E. Riyanto, Edoardo Gallo
  • PI: "Start-Up Grant", Start-Up Grant - Singapore University of Technology and Design , Amount: SGD 100,000 (2013-2015) , Nilanjan Roy

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Publications

Journal Publications and Reviews