Ernest K. Lai

Ernest K. Lai is Professor in the Department of Economics at Lehigh University's College of Business. He joined Lehigh in 2009 after earning a PhD from the University of Pittsburgh, following undergraduate and master's degrees at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and The University of Hong Kong. His research focuses on strategic communication between conflicting parties using game theory and laboratory experiments.

He has published extensively in top journals like Journal of Economic Theory, Games and Economic Behavior, and Journal of Health Economics, covering topics such as mediated communication, confirmatory bias in health decisions, and multidimensional cheap talk. His work bridges theoretical models with empirical validation through behavioral experiments.

Selected trends in his publications include: (1) exploring how communication credibility influences strategic outcomes, (2) analyzing information transmission in political and economic contexts, and (3) investigating behavioral biases in health and market decisions. His collaborations span researchers like Andreas Blume, Wooyoung Lim, and Joseph Tao-yi Wang.