Tony Kwok Luen So (Ph.D.)

Assistant Professor

Tony graduated from the University of Auckland in 2017 specialising in behavioural and experimental economics. He is interested in applying insights from behavioural research in economics, psychology and other fields to a wide range of real-world phenomena.

He is the founding director of the IBSS Biometrics Lab.


  • 2017: Ph.D. in Economics, University of Auckland
  • 2012: Masters of Commerce in Economics, University of Auckland
  • 2011: Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) in Economics, University of Auckland
  • 2010: Bachelor of Commerce in Economics and Finance, University of Auckland


  • 2020-present: Assistant Professor - International Business School Suzhou, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
  • 2017 - 2020: Lecturer - International Business School Suzhou, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University


  • Behavioural and Experimental Economics
  • Cognitive and Evolutionary Psychology
  • Emotions
  • Personnel Economics
  • Consumer Behaviour


  • So, Tony. (2020) Classroom Experiments as a Replication Device. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 86, 101525
  • So, Tony, Brown, Paul, Chaudhuri, Ananish, Ryvkin, Dmitry, & Cameron, Linda. (2017). Piece-Rates and Tournaments: Implications for Learning in a Cognitively Challenging Task. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 142, 11-23.
  • Chaudhuri, Ananish, So, Tony, & Sbai, Erwann. (2017). Pay Cuts and Layoffs in an Experimental Minimum Effort Coordination Game. Economics Bulletin, 37(3), 2187-2197.
  • Chaudhuri, Ananish, Paichayontvijit, Tirnud, & So, Tony. (2015). Team Versus Individual Behavior in the Minimum Effort Coordination Game. Journal of Economic Psychology, 47, 85-102.


  • 2018. XJTLU Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (PI): Sequencing Effects and Biased Outcomes. 7,500 RMB.
  • 2018-2021. XJTLU Research Development Fund (PI): Pay Cuts versus Layoffs: Implications for Worker Productivity and Morale. 89,000 RMB. (CI: Ananish Chaudhuri)
  • 2018-2020. XJTLU Teaching Development Fund (CI): Does Flipping the Classroom Improve Academic Outcomes? Evidence in China. 2,000 RMB (PI: Fan Liu)


  • Academic Lead on Accreditations
  • Online Teaching Coordinator (Economics)
  • Quality Assurance and Programme Development Coordinator (Economics)
  • Director of the IBSS Biometrics Lab


  • ECO308 Financial Economics
  • ECO223 Intermediate Microeconomics
Tony Kwok Luen So