Dr Boon Han Koh
Lecturer in Economics
B.Koh@exeter.ac.uk
Streatham Court 1.20
Streatham Court, University of Exeter, Rennes Drive, Exeter, EX4 4PU, UK
Overview
Boon Han joined the Department of Economics as a Lecturer in September 2023. He previously worked at the University of East Anglia, after completing his PhD at the University of Melbourne in 2018.
Boon Han's primary research interests are in the fields of experimental and behavioral economics, with a focus on:
(i) discrimination and identity;
(ii) information processing and belief formation; and
(iii) experimental methodology.
He has received research funding from the British Council, British Academy, Australian Research Council, and the Canadian Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. His research has been published in European Economic Review, Experimental Economics, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Southern Economic Journal, and Journal of Economic Psychology.
More information on his current/ongoing work can be found on his personal website.
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Research
Research interests
- Gender, discrimination, and identity
- Information processing and belief formation
- Experimental methodology
Research projects
Boon Han’s first research agenda focuses on understanding the role of identity in economic decision-making. Some of the projects he is currently working on examine: (i) gender biases in evaluation and feedback provision; (ii) the role of motivated reasoning in driving racial biases; and (iii) social norms in the treatment of gender and sexual minority individuals.
His second research agenda focuses on examining how individuals process information and feedback, as well as the biases that exist in their belief formation process. Some of the projects he is working on in this area examine: (i) individuals’ preferences for information and feedback, and how such preferences depend on their gender and self-confidence; and (ii) the impact of different types of feedback structure in motivating dynamic contributions to public goods.
Several of Boon Han’s work lie in the intersection of these two research agendas. One of his current projects investigates gender differences in the provision of feedback, and how biased feedback provision can affect agents’ belief updating and their incentives to compete.
