Assoc Prof Vai-Lam Mui - Researcher Profile

Vai-Lam Mui

Address

Department of Economics
Building 11E, Clayton

Contact Details

Tel: +61 3 990 52349

Email: Vai-Lam.Mui@monash.edu

Web: http://users.monash.edu.au/~vlmui/


Biography

Vai-Lam works in the Faculty of Business & Economics at Monash University as an Associate Professor.

Vai-Lam obtained his Ph.D in 1992 from the University of California, Berkeley. His research interests are in applied microeconomic theory, behavioural economics, the economics of organizations and institutions, experimental economics, and political economy.

Vai-Lam has done theoretical work in the economics of envy, as well as in the political economy of social purges such as the European witch-hunt, McCarthyism, and the Chinese Cultural Revolution. He has also done work that combined the laboratory method with behavioural economics and political economy. For example, one of his current research projects uses the laboratory method to study the political economy of leader transgression against the rights of subordinates. It investigates how different kinds of social interactions between subordinates - such as non-binding communication between them--may trigger concerns beyond narrow self-interests and facilitate collective resistance against leader transgression. 

He has published in journals such as the Economic Journal, Economic Theory, Experimental Economics, Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, Journal of Mathematical Psychology, and Strategic Organization. Currently, he serves on the editorial board of Journal of Socio-Economics. 

 

 


 

 

Keywords

Applied microeconomic theory, behavioural economics, economics of organizations and institutions, ex

Qualifications

PH D IN ECONOMICS
Institution: University of California, Berkeley
Year awarded: 1992

Publications

Journal Articles

Lau, S.P., Mui, V., 2012, Using turn taking to achieve intertemporal cooperation and symmetry in infinitely repeated 2 x 2 games, Theory And Decision [P], vol 72, issue 2, Springer New York, Secaucus New Jersey USA, pp. 167-188.

Lau, S.P., Mui, V., 2008, Using turn taking to mitigate coordination and conflict problems in the repeated battle of the sexes game, Theory and Decision, vol 65, issue 2, Springer New York LLC, USA, pp. 153-183.

Cason, T., Mui, V., 2007, Communication and coordination in the laboratory collective resistance game, Experimental Economics, vol 10, issue 3, Springer, United States, pp. 251-267.

Argyres, N., Mui, V., 2007, Rules of engagement, credibility and the political economy of organizational dissent, Strategic Organization, vol 5, issue 2, Sage Publications Ltd, United Kingdom, pp. 107-154.

Cason, T.N., Mui, V., 2005, Uncertainty and resistance to reform in laboratory participation games, European Journal of Political Economy, vol 21, issue 3, Elsevier BV, North-Holland, The Netherlands, pp. 708-737.

Cason, T., Mui, V., 2003, Testing political economy models of reform in the laboratory, American Economic Review, vol 93, issue 2, American Economic Association, USA, pp. 208-212.

Cason, T., Mui, V., 2002, Fairness and sharing in innovation games: a laboratory investigation, Journal of Economic Behavior & Orgnaization, vol 48, issue 3, Elsevier BV, North-Holland, Netherlands, pp. 243-264.

Mui, V., 2002, Social norms, Journal of Economic Literature, vol 40, issue 3, American Economic Association, USA, pp. 927-928.

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:
(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
Essays on strategic network formation.
Supervisors:
Mui, V (Main), Rai, B (Associate).
Program of Study:
(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
Roles of CEOs and information in financial reports, contracts, organizations, and markets.
Supervisors:
Choe, C (Main), Mui, V (Associate), Rai, B (Associate).

Completed Supervision

Student:
Chatterjee, I.
Program of Study:
Competition, commercial piracy and innovation. (PHD) 2010.
Supervisors:
Banerjee, D (Joint), Mui, V (Joint-Co).
Student:
Dey, T.
Program of Study:
Influence activity, incentives and value of the firm: an Australian perspective. (PHD) 2010.
Supervisors:
Choe, C (Main), Mui, V (Associate), Mishra, V (Associate).
Student:
Lake, J.
Program of Study:
Unemployment insurance, consumption smoothing and institutional arrangements. (Masters) 2006.
Supervisors:
Mui, V (Main).
Student:
Sethi, A.
Program of Study:
Group lending: an approach to eradicate poverty. (PHD) 2009.
Supervisors:
Banerjee, D (Joint), Maitra, P (Joint-Co), Fausten, D (Associate), Mui, V (Associate).
Student:
Susamto, A.
Program of Study:
Essays on the economics of happiness. (Masters) 2008.
Supervisors:
Ng, Y (Main), Mui, V (Associate).