Menglong Guan

Menglong Guan is an Assistant Professor of Business Economics at the Department of Risk Management, Smeal College of Business, Pennsylvania State University. He received his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 2024. His research focuses on Behavioral and Experimental Economics, with a specialization in information economics, complexity, and bounded rationality. His work examines strategic decision-making under complexity, probabilistic reasoning, and information demand dynamics.

Education: PhD in Economics, UC Santa Barbara (2024).

Research interests include experimental methodologies to study decision-making under uncertainty, cognitive limitations in strategic interactions, and the design of trustworthy institutions. His recent publications explore complexity in strategic choices, probabilistic vs. strategic errors, and information bundle selection in decision processes. He has contributed to journals like Games and Economic Behavior.

No scientific awards explicitly listed. Advising no listed students. Active in research collaborations with scholars such as Ryan Oprea and Sen Geng.

Laboratory work involves experimental economics setups to model real-world decision scenarios, emphasizing empirical validation of theoretical models.