Mei Wang

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Mei Wang (Chinese: 王媚; pinyin: Wáng Mèi; February 8, 1973) is a Chinese academic who is Professor of Behavioral Finance at the WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management in Germany. In 2018, she was also adjunct professor at National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan.

She is known for her research in behavioral decision making, e.g., the St. Petersburg paradox and Prospect theory, and finance. Together with Thorsten Hens and Marc Oliver Rieger, she was one of the authors of the INTRA survey (International Test on Risk Attitudes) that collected risk and time preferences in 53 countries worldwide leading to various follow-up studies by other researchers and practitioners and media coverage by leading German newspapers.