Stephen Cheung

Stephen Cheung is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Economics, The University of Sydney, with affiliations to the Brain and Mind Centre. He serves on the

• Editorial Board of the Journal of Economic Psychology
• Deputy Chair of the University's Human Research Ethics Committee
• Research Fellow at IZA Institute of Labor Economics (since 2008)
• Research Fellow at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Children and Families over the Life Course (since 2015)

His research focuses on Experimental Economics and Economic Psychology, particularly

• Decision-making under risk and time
• Reference-dependent preferences
• Team behavior in markets
• Behavioral interventions in financial decisions

From his experimental studies, key trends emerge in

• Portfolio framing effects
• Conditional cooperation mechanisms
• Present bias across reward domains
• Market expectation formation

Scientific recognition includes

• Two Australian Research Council Discovery Grants
• Teaching Excellence Awards from two University faculties
• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

His experimental methodology combines lab experiments with meta-analytic approaches, particularly evident in his analyses of quasi-hyperbolic discounting and disposition effect experiments. Collaborative work spans interdisciplinary teams in behavioral economics and market experiments.