He Tai-Sen

Dr. He Tai-Sen is a Senior Lecturer in Economics at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. Holding a PhD in Economics from Brown University (2013), he also earned an MA in Economics and a Bachelor of Finance from National Chengchi University, Taiwan. He was an honorary member of the Phi Tau Phi Scholastic Honor Society and recipient of the Reginald D. Archambault Award for Teaching Excellence at Brown in 2009.

• Education: PhD (Economics, Brown University, 2013); MA (Economics, National Chengchi University, 2003); Bachelor of Finance (National Chengchi University, 2001)

Dr. He specializes in Behavioral Economics, Experimental Economics, and the intersection of Psychology, Linguistics, and Economics. His research explores how linguistic features (e.g., future tense, pronoun drop) and acoustic manipulations (e.g., vocal pitch, speech rate) influence economic decisions. He also investigates parental strategies to develop children’s pro-sociality, patience, and strategic reasoning.

His publications reveal interdisciplinary trends:

• Language-Decision Interactions (4 papers)
• Temporal Discounting & Risk Preferences (5 papers)
• Trust & Prosocial Behavior (3 papers)
• Behavioral Policy Analysis (2 papers)

• Scientific Awards: Reginald D. Archambault Award for Teaching Excellence (Brown University, 2009)

At NTU, he teaches Experimental Economics, Financial Economics, and Microeconomics Principles. He also instructs Behavioral Economics for Policy Analysis in Mandarin at the Nanyang Centre for Public Administration. Dr. He emphasizes inquiry-based teaching, fostering student creativity through conversational methods.

His research involves interdisciplinary collaborations, often co-authoring papers with students. Married to a psychologist, he draws inspiration from family interactions, blending personal and academic insights into his work on behavioral economics.